Interesting KO situation (NFHS)

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Originally Posted by Bullycon

Judgment call. If he slips just after his plant foot hits the ground, causing an off-balance kick, I can see that being a legal free kick. If he slips down before then and slides into the ball, I have no kick.

I wonder if there is any instructional film on this. It'd be nice to have an official philosophy to use on this.

I think you nailed it with your first two words, "judgment call". That's what we get paid for, that's why we're there. The current official philosophy is, "make the call".