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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the Father's Day tournament in Fairfax, a goalie picked up the ball then put it down to kick it, and the ref told him he couldn't do that and had him pick it up again.  Should the coach complain to the tournament about this ref?[/quote]

So based on your post in the other thread, this was a U10 game, which means they play with build out lines.  Build out lines rules are not all clear.  I am a referee and I haven't done a game with build out lines for a bit, in general, when a GK has possession of the ball, the other team has to retreat beyond the build out line. The opponent came press the ball once the GK plays the ball. Build out line rules doesn't talk about what "playing the ball" means.  Does it mean once the GK puts it on the ground? I don't know.  If a referee was asking the GK to throw it or roll it, I think that's OK. If the GK placed it on the ground and quickly passed it to a teammate, I think that's OK too, but remember drop kicks are not allowed either, so the GK can't drop it and kick it on the bounce.  So as much as I hate to defend RSD if he was the culprit, I can see where requesting the GK to throw or roll the ball is OK.  Again, I'm sure you can find plenty of referees that 100% agree with you.[/quote]

So whats the theory behind no punts or drop kicks? [/quote]

Well there is no heading U11 and Under so no punting or drop kicks reduces the number of times the ball is in the air and probably the biggest reason is that no punting forces the younger kids to have to play shorter balls and thus "build out from the back" instead of long ball to the forward.[/quote]

Yeah.  There's no heading so they need to play the ball on the ground.  That's how ds's coach explained it to them.

Op, was this a young ref?  [/quote]

No it wasn't.  That probably does change things.  I had an in house Loudoun tournament where a young ref said there is only one try on throw-ins.  The other coach agreed with me(Loudoun rule for 3rd and 4th grade), but the ref insisted.[/quote]

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