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Amendment to 'Square Ball' Rule

  • 02-05-2012 12:07pm
    #1
    daniels.ducks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭


    'New' rule -


    Football Only - Square Ball

    This has been amended to allow a player enter the small rectangle once the final deliberate play of the ball has been made, i.e as soon as the player kicks, hand-passes, fist passes or deliberately flicks the ball into the small rectangle then the attacking player may enter. the rule is un-changed as regard to "Set Play" i.e. Free Kicks, Line Balls and 45s - in these instances players are not permitted to enter the small rectangle before the ball.

    "For an attacking player to enter opponents' small rectangle:
    (a) During play (excluding set play), before the final play of the ball into the small rectangle.
    (b) In set play, before the ball enters the small rectangle."


Comments

  • #2
    Native Hawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭Native Hawk


    Sounds more confusing than ever? Why have they kept the old rule for set plays?


  • #3
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Native Hawk wrote: »
    Sounds more confusing than ever? Why have they kept the old rule for set plays?

    To avoid teams amassing five or six guys at the edge of the square just before a free kick is ballooned in.

    The new rule will actually work close to perfectly IMO.


  • #4
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,745 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Sounds like its similar to the offside rule in soccer, which is far more workable.


  • #5
    Tiocfaidh Armani
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭Tiocfaidh Armani


    Native Hawk wrote: »
    Sounds more confusing than ever? Why have they kept the old rule for set plays?

    Unsure but the rule change is an improvement on the pure stupid crap we had before.


  • #6
    Squareball2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭Squareball2010


    daniels.ducks wrote: »
    'New' rule -


    "For an attacking player to enter opponents' small rectangle:
    (a) During play (excluding set play), before the final play of the ball into the small rectangle.
    (b) In set play, before the ball enters the small rectangle."

    Finally we have a rule that officials can, or at least should be able to enforce! The old rule was virtually impossible for everyone involved to adjudicate...no wonder we saw so many high profile errors over the past few championship seasons. Nice to see common sense prevailing for once. Here's hoping it works out!;)


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