So if they chanted "miss, miss,miss" would you be ok with that?
Anyone have an issue with a team collectively calling "Hold Hold Hold" while waiting for their opponents to take a penalty (not a kick at goal)?
Do you mean a kick for touch penalty or a tap penalty? If the former, I'd have an issue with it particularly if a mis-kick was the outcome.
The only difference is what happens once the ball has been struck by the penalty takers foot.
this post is about junior rugby.
I don't think the purpose of 'hold hold' is to put the oppo off, I think it is coached as a device for making the boys focus their attention on the PK.
Sorry, I disagree.
If it's tap kick, I'd be OK with the chant.
If it's a precision punt for the corner, different matter.
At PK at goal? Really?
I think it's more to put off the kicker...yes even at juniors.
Anyone have an issue with a team collectively calling "Hold Hold Hold" while waiting for their opponents to take a penalty (not a kick at goal)?
(Ps. There's no law that says they have be quiet...)
So if they chanted "miss, miss,miss" would you be ok with that?
So Dickie, if you've heard it, whistled and told them not to put the guy off while he aims for the corner, if the kicker kicks to himself and passes infield to outwit the now-straggling defensive line, would you bring him back and require him to kick nicely to the corner? Of course not! Any coach worth his salt would have his boys wholly focused on the possibility that the kick to the corner may be a ruse. It would be a shame if the experienced adult ref was the only one on the park caught out by this subterfuge!Sorry, I disagree.
If it's tap kick, I'd be OK with the chant.
If it's a precision punt for the corner, different matter.