CrouchTPEngage
Referees in England
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Got a complaint from a coach of a juniors match I reffed at this weekend.
Tackled player (red) and tackler(blue) gone to ground.
Blue tackler releases red ok.
The first arriving blue player (and in some cases, he arrived almost immediately ) stated jackling for the ball. Red player ( on the ground ) still had the ball in his hands and was trying to roll over to place the ball behind him. I pinged against red player for not releasing. Cue shouts from red coach - "They have to let him place , pass or release the ball !".
My view ( and I hope this forum can confirm it ) is that, so long as the arriving blue defender did not assist in the tackle then he doesn't have to let the tackled player place,pass or release and he can ( so long as he's on his feet of course ) go immediately for the ball as soon as the tackle is complete. Right ?
I explained my view point after the game.
I assumed his view-point was taken because of the speed at which the arriving player came in for the ball. He may have thought he was a tackler assist.
But was I Right ?
Tackled player (red) and tackler(blue) gone to ground.
Blue tackler releases red ok.
The first arriving blue player (and in some cases, he arrived almost immediately ) stated jackling for the ball. Red player ( on the ground ) still had the ball in his hands and was trying to roll over to place the ball behind him. I pinged against red player for not releasing. Cue shouts from red coach - "They have to let him place , pass or release the ball !".
My view ( and I hope this forum can confirm it ) is that, so long as the arriving blue defender did not assist in the tackle then he doesn't have to let the tackled player place,pass or release and he can ( so long as he's on his feet of course ) go immediately for the ball as soon as the tackle is complete. Right ?
I explained my view point after the game.
I assumed his view-point was taken because of the speed at which the arriving player came in for the ball. He may have thought he was a tackler assist.
But was I Right ?