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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1027373" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>I would think that, disregarding air resistance, so long as you could pass directly backwards faster than you are running, you should be able to make the ball travel backwards. But as soon as you are passing sideways and backwards the speed of your pass has to be divided into the backward and sideways dimensions, which means the further sideways you are passing the faster your backwards sideways pass needs to be in order to keep it from going forward. It might well be true that it isn't possible for a pass that travels as far sideways as akiras did cannot by a human running at that speed he passed fast enough In any sideways backwards direction to ensure the ball doesn't travel forward.</p><p></p><p>would be interesting to see some numbers based on real passing vs running speeds.</p><p></p><p>if we are to keep the law as it is then I think all refs need some serious training on it. One of the things that makes it difficult, I think, is the refs expect a lot of air resistance, but sometimes there isn't a lot, ie when the ball is spiralling the air resistance is reduced.</p><p></p><p>well, you never know what would have happened but at the end of the day it would still have been incredibly difficult to beat that crusaders team. In some aspects they played better than at any time last year; the way they broke the chiefs down when building phases was an area they were a bit lacking in last year.</p><p></p><p>I think sometimes the tv commentators get it wrong too, but they can be excused because there job is to just create commentary. If someone's job is to assess the situation they should do so carefully. The tmos too often get it wrong. Get two tmos and pay them half as much (if money is a concern) I reckon. They don't need to be selected from the set of match refs, the only skills they need is eyes, calmness, and understanding of the laws. Whereas a match ref needs to be able to deal with players, be calm enough to be able to focus on lots of different things happening in quick succession, have experience in making quick calls, etc. there's a lot of extra skills required to be a match ref.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1027373, member: 65365"] I would think that, disregarding air resistance, so long as you could pass directly backwards faster than you are running, you should be able to make the ball travel backwards. But as soon as you are passing sideways and backwards the speed of your pass has to be divided into the backward and sideways dimensions, which means the further sideways you are passing the faster your backwards sideways pass needs to be in order to keep it from going forward. It might well be true that it isn’t possible for a pass that travels as far sideways as akiras did cannot by a human running at that speed he passed fast enough In any sideways backwards direction to ensure the ball doesn’t travel forward. would be interesting to see some numbers based on real passing vs running speeds. if we are to keep the law as it is then I think all refs need some serious training on it. One of the things that makes it difficult, I think, is the refs expect a lot of air resistance, but sometimes there isn’t a lot, ie when the ball is spiralling the air resistance is reduced. well, you never know what would have happened but at the end of the day it would still have been incredibly difficult to beat that crusaders team. In some aspects they played better than at any time last year; the way they broke the chiefs down when building phases was an area they were a bit lacking in last year. I think sometimes the tv commentators get it wrong too, but they can be excused because there job is to just create commentary. If someone’s job is to assess the situation they should do so carefully. The tmos too often get it wrong. Get two tmos and pay them half as much (if money is a concern) I reckon. They don’t need to be selected from the set of match refs, the only skills they need is eyes, calmness, and understanding of the laws. Whereas a match ref needs to be able to deal with players, be calm enough to be able to focus on lots of different things happening in quick succession, have experience in making quick calls, etc. there’s a lot of extra skills required to be a match ref. [/QUOTE]
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