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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 276439"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (InsaneAsylum @ Aug 31 2009, 04:44 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=409913" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Fair enough, but it would require a whole new law to be enforced, and it would be very difficult to enforce;</p><p></p><p>► How high would the kick be before it's called a "high-ball".</p><p>► Do we want players fielding chip-kicks to be protected by a 5m Law?</p><p>► Would your 5m law still apply if the catcher immediately passed the ball?</p><p></p><p>One suggestion I liked earlier was to have a 15m or 20m offside Law instead of the current 10m, but you would still have the problem of onside chasers making no attempt to play at the ball, and instead timing their run to mow down the catcher the moment his feet touch the ground.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps another would be to make it impossible for players ahead of the kick to be put onside by any action of their team-mates, and instead, they must immediately stop where they are and begin retiring, only becoming onside when their opponents have moved forward 10m from where the ball was caught.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In my original suggestion, I would allow the catcher to mark the ball (inside their OWN HALF ONLY) and this would force the onside chaser to compete for the ball. Perhaps that could be their own 10m line instead.</p><p></p><p>The whole approach I took to this problem was how to come up with a solution that;</p><p></p><p>► Required only small Law amendments, not wholesale changes</p><p>► Did NOT to legislate kicking out of the game</p><p>► Punish poorly executed or aimless kicking while rewarding well executed kicks</p><p>► Offered an inducement for players to improve their general "in-play" kicking skills.</p><p></p><p>So far, I have seen no valid arguments that would make what I have suggested unworkable.</p><p></p><p>One good tactic I have seen practised locally is for the catcher to catch the ball "AFL style" and then tap or palm it to a team-mate "line-out style" while still in the air. When the original catcher hits the ground and is mowed down by the chaser, the chaser gets penalised for a late tackle. That will get the chaser looking up instead of down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 276439"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (InsaneAsylum @ Aug 31 2009, 04:44 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=409913']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Fair enough, but it would require a whole new law to be enforced, and it would be very difficult to enforce; ► How high would the kick be before it's called a "high-ball". ► Do we want players fielding chip-kicks to be protected by a 5m Law? ► Would your 5m law still apply if the catcher immediately passed the ball? One suggestion I liked earlier was to have a 15m or 20m offside Law instead of the current 10m, but you would still have the problem of onside chasers making no attempt to play at the ball, and instead timing their run to mow down the catcher the moment his feet touch the ground. Perhaps another would be to make it impossible for players ahead of the kick to be put onside by any action of their team-mates, and instead, they must immediately stop where they are and begin retiring, only becoming onside when their opponents have moved forward 10m from where the ball was caught. In my original suggestion, I would allow the catcher to mark the ball (inside their OWN HALF ONLY) and this would force the onside chaser to compete for the ball. Perhaps that could be their own 10m line instead. The whole approach I took to this problem was how to come up with a solution that; ► Required only small Law amendments, not wholesale changes ► Did NOT to legislate kicking out of the game ► Punish poorly executed or aimless kicking while rewarding well executed kicks ► Offered an inducement for players to improve their general "in-play" kicking skills. So far, I have seen no valid arguments that would make what I have suggested unworkable. One good tactic I have seen practised locally is for the catcher to catch the ball "AFL style" and then tap or palm it to a team-mate "line-out style" while still in the air. When the original catcher hits the ground and is mowed down by the chaser, the chaser gets penalised for a late tackle. That will get the chaser looking up instead of down. [/QUOTE]
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