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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Handball rule changed [/quote]

Yep. I've been a licensed ref for 5+ years and I have no idea what's a handball anymore. [/quote]

Yep. Same here. What's interesting is that I hear other refs saying...they didn't change anything about handball.  They just made it CLEARER!  :roll:

To me a handball is as follows:

All intentional handballs are handballs. Period.
Any ball that touches the hand or arm and goes into the goal or creates a goal scoring opportunity are handballs regardless if intentional or not. Period.

Whether or not an unintentional occurrence is an offense is determined based on whether or not the hand/arm was in an unnatural position making the body bigger. They give examples of a defender going up for a defensive header on a corner and having his arm over his head and the ball hits his head and then arm.  No handball ball because the thought is that the arm is in a natural position being over the head when jumping.  Or for example, when the arm is outstretched to break your fall, etc.

If you disagree, please post.
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