holding penalty

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Refsmitty

Please direct me to the rule or principle

The rules define the basic spot for every type of penalty.

Next consider who committed the foul: offense or defense = 2 possibilities.

Finally, consider where the foul occurred: beyond (downfield from) the basic spot or behind the basic spot = 2 possibilities.

That's a total of 4 combined possibilities for the foul: offense or defense, beyond or behind the basic spot.

All penalties are enforced from the basic spot but one: fouls committed by the offense behind the basic spot are penalized from the spot of the foul.