My pet peeve is the kids that are always on the ground. We drilled in our kids young to GET UP!

Some players are on the ground all the frickin time.

Don’t do it. Refs always call it and other team gets a free kick.

Get off the ground. You are more effective on your feet.

Usually a situation that has a player on the ground kicking at the ball has an opponent at his/her feet as well- refs will deem it dangerous play and call it- better safe than sorry in their minds.

I think it’s just a weird thing refs do to try and “keep it safe”. As our team has grown through the age groups, refs really don’t call it as much anymore, if at all. Had it called for the first time in what seems like years this past weekend. It’s one call in a 90 minute game, told my guys to get over it. What are you gonna do about it, start arguing with the ref?

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

I have a U15 and a U12 and the refs have always called playing on the ground---dangerous or not. We have a kid on my younger's sons team who will go down and still kick the ball try to get it while lying there----not dangerous to the standing player and he always gets called for it and still hasn't learned.

It's not the kid who hasn't learned, it's the refs.

Kid probably watches more soccer than most of them do.

There is no rule against playing the ball while you're on the ground.

depends on others proximity to player to the ground

I wonder if they usually view it as dangerous, even if it isn't. My son got called for it last year (U11), and there really didn't appear to be anything dangerous about it. He's generally an overly cautious player, to a flaw.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

I have a U15 and a U12 and the refs have always called playing on the ground---dangerous or not. We have a kid on my younger's sons team who will go down and still kick the ball try to get it while lying there----not dangerous to the standing player and he always gets called for it and still hasn't learned.

Whether the ref calls it or not...I don't know. All I can tell you is playing the ball on the ground is allowed by the Laws of the Game as long as it's not a dangerous play. So maybe the refs you've had considered it dangerous every time. I don't know.

Maybe they think the kid on the ground is in a precarious situation. In all of the games I've attended, the ref always blows his whistle if a kid is on the ground and still trying to kick the ball.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

I have a U15 and a U12 and the refs have always called playing on the ground---dangerous or not. We have a kid on my younger's sons team who will go down and still kick the ball try to get it while lying there----not dangerous to the standing player and he always gets called for it and still hasn't learned.

Whether the ref calls it or not...I don't know. All I can tell you is playing the ball on the ground is allowed by the Laws of the Game as long as it's not a dangerous play. So maybe the refs you've had considered it dangerous every time. I don't know.

For example, are slide tackles legal? Yes. Is the person playing the ball while on the ground? Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

I have a U15 and a U12 and the refs have always called playing on the ground---dangerous or not. We have a kid on my younger's sons team who will go down and still kick the ball try to get it while lying there----not dangerous to the standing player and he always gets called for it and still hasn't learned.

Whether the ref calls it or not...I don't know. All I can tell you is playing the ball on the ground is allowed by the Laws of the Game as long as it's not a dangerous play. So maybe the refs you've had considered it dangerous every time. I don't know.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

I have a U15 and a U12 and the refs have always called playing on the ground---dangerous or not. We have a kid on my younger's sons team who will go down and still kick the ball try to get it while lying there----not dangerous to the standing player and he always gets called for it and still hasn't learned.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

Yes, this is 100% accurate. Only if dangerous.

Nope. Playing on the ground has always been allowed. Playing on the ground and creating a dangerous situation it’s not allowed.

it hasn't changed, you cannot play from the ground.

Throughout younger ages, kids that were on the ground could not play the ball. Ref would blow whistle. At what age does this change?

Saw situation this weekend where kid was on ground after challenge with goalie. While laying down, was able to kick ball in from about the 18.