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The new kick in rule doesn't seem to require a bounce when a player plays on out of the square 30 metres.
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IndisputableTop pic the guy didn't run over 15m but in the bottom pic the kick went 15m+ for a mark... apparently.
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One of the games this weekend (GC v Richmond maybe?), One player kicks it very short to another player, paid the mark, kicks it straight back... Not 15?
Does make me laugh sometimes.
The best at running 30m without bouncing from kicking out is West Coast and the God at it is Shannon Hurn.
It's another grey area of the AFL rules, although you could argue the rules say you have to bounce it, and you'd be right. If you rush a kick and it goes 20 metres vertically but only 10 metres horizontally, which is fairly common, and then 'mark' it, it's deemed a new possession (and not a mark). Personally, I don't mind him substituting a bounce with that but technically you're probably right considering that if you handball it to yourself it's deemed you've been in possession the whole time.Conner Mckenna, runs and kicks the ball to himself and keeps running, although it looks good, he is still in possession of the ball without bouncing it and should be penalised.
It's another grey area of the AFL rules, although you could argue the rules say you have to bounce it, and you'd be right. If you rush a kick and it goes 20 metres vertically but only 10 metres horizontally, which is fairly common, and then 'mark' it, it's deemed a new possession (and not a mark). Personally, I don't mind him substituting a bounce with that but technically you're probably right considering that if you handball it to yourself it's deemed you've been in possession the whole time.
Saad and McKenna say hiMight as well just get rid of the bounce, it's completely irrelevant the way the game is adjudicated today.
Don't get me wrong, I love the bounce, but it unfortunately isn't part of the game except in theory.
I don't think you understand the point of my post. It was that the umpires never pay attention to it as a rule, not that some players don't use itSaad and McKenna say hi
Yep can't believe he didn't get pinged took at least 18 steps from memory. Camdyn Macintosh got done a few games back but he basically ran a straight line. Aarts did that little sidestep so maybe it was all too confusing for the umps and they just restarted the measuring from the sidestepAnother perfect example in tonights games that the umpires are just totally unable to accurately judge a 15m length.
Aarts marks the ball in line with the tip of the square, it’s already about 15m I’d guess to the 50m arc, then continues to run another 15m before kicking the ball without a bounce at any point. He’s ran atleast 25-30m, How can the umpire think this is not running to far?
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Yep can't believe he didn't get pinged took at least 18 steps from memory. Camdyn Macintosh got done a few games back but he basically ran a straight line. Aarts did that little sidestep so maybe it was all too confusing for the umps and they just restarted the measuring from the sidestep
Edit: Just checked it was 14 steps so maybe he was right on the cusp...
They really should be counting steps and adjusting up and down depending on how flat out a player is going. Flat out, most players should be taking a bounce every 7 or 8 strides.Well, an average stride for an middle distandce runner (ie - not flat out - say 800m) is about 2.2-2.5 metres.
For a marathon runner it's just over 2 metres.
A top sprinter may be 2-5-2.7.
Afl players are pretty good athletes. In general if they are running and bouncing with the ball, they are generally going near top speed. So 15 strides is ridiculous.
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