Is it just me or has the Kicking In Danger rule pretty much gone out of the game? You often see a player going for the ball nearly getting kicked while the ball is on the ground with no free kick being paid.
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Kicking In Danger
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This seems to rear its head when we have wet weather football such as we saw at the weekend.
There were a couple of frees paid in the Geelong - Richmond game, and I saw several paid in a local league game - again played in rather wet conditions.
In drier weather the ball moves faster, players are able to release it in the correct manner or push it out of a contest and there are very little if any attempts to kick the ball out of players hands.
There were a couple of frees paid in the Geelong - Richmond game, and I saw several paid in a local league game - again played in rather wet conditions.
In drier weather the ball moves faster, players are able to release it in the correct manner or push it out of a contest and there are very little if any attempts to kick the ball out of players hands.
Rarely see it paid. There has to be some sort of reward for those who put their heads on the line for the footy.
Rick Fortune
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It's still payable if the umpire feels there's geniune possiblity of an injury, effectively. So nowhere near as much as it used to be where it was almost automatic when you had your hand on the aggot when someone kicked it.
Had one payed in my game last week, which saved my butt, cause the defenders hand, the attackers boot and the ball all pretty much came together at one time, and it all happened so quick I had no idea what happened first...So I didn't have to try and decide whether the ball was touched or a legit goal.
Had one payed in my game last week, which saved my butt, cause the defenders hand, the attackers boot and the ball all pretty much came together at one time, and it all happened so quick I had no idea what happened first...So I didn't have to try and decide whether the ball was touched or a legit goal.
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I pay it if it's there, which is not too often, but you'll find that with the pace of the game currently, the common umpire will not be in the best position to see that kind of free kick.
hammo_cheersquad
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good thread
i was wondering exactly that the other day actually
havn't seen one be paid in a long looong time
i was wondering exactly that the other day actually
havn't seen one be paid in a long looong time
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There was one paid against West Coast in the game against the Crows last week.
Bob Wylie
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Everitt did it in the Richmond V Syd game on the weekend...it was let go by the umps who musn't realise its called kicking in "danger" for a reason!
