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Knock on and forward pass undefined?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 951355" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>That would be terrible. As was illustrated in a video, a player running at speed could literally chuck the ball backwards over his head but still have the ball travel forwards due to momentum. There is absolutely no way anyone could claim the actual pass was forwards and introducing this rule would make passing at speed virtually impossible without the player having to slow down enough to ensure the ball travels backwards. It's easier to analyse for the ref but makes it much more difficult for the players. The current rule is more difficult to analyse but easier for a player on the pitch.</p><p></p><p>The general rule is you compare the flight of the ball to the player running. Excluding where the player who passed the ball is stopped, the ball should never travel in front of him and he should be in front of the ball at the point it is caught.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 951355, member: 56232"] That would be terrible. As was illustrated in a video, a player running at speed could literally chuck the ball backwards over his head but still have the ball travel forwards due to momentum. There is absolutely no way anyone could claim the actual pass was forwards and introducing this rule would make passing at speed virtually impossible without the player having to slow down enough to ensure the ball travels backwards. It's easier to analyse for the ref but makes it much more difficult for the players. The current rule is more difficult to analyse but easier for a player on the pitch. The general rule is you compare the flight of the ball to the player running. Excluding where the player who passed the ball is stopped, the ball should never travel in front of him and he should be in front of the ball at the point it is caught. [/QUOTE]
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