CrouchTPEngage
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Just re-reading the preamble DEFINITIONS to law 19.
There are some changes for this season (2017) and I wanted to get rid of some confusion that occurs to me here.
In some places , I read "if the ball has reached the plane of touch" and, in some other phrases we see "if the ball has crossed".
Specific sentence is :
A player in touch may kick or knock the ball, but not hold it, provided it has not crossed the plane of the touchline. The plane of the touchline is the vertical space rising immediately above the touchline.
Now, the distinction between "crossed" and "reached" is probably deliberate for this law.
But, just to satisfy my curiosity, do we all think "crossed" means that the entire circumference of the ball has passed over the entire plane of touch. The touchline is a white line of a specific width. Thus the projected "plane of touch" is actually a "Cuboid of touch".
My interpretation is that "crossed" means that the whole of the ball has thought the "cuboid of touch" such that it is clear of it.
Probably being pedantic, and in a game, we probably just have to take a view, but to help sell my decisions to players, it may help in certain rare situations.
There are some changes for this season (2017) and I wanted to get rid of some confusion that occurs to me here.
In some places , I read "if the ball has reached the plane of touch" and, in some other phrases we see "if the ball has crossed".
Specific sentence is :
A player in touch may kick or knock the ball, but not hold it, provided it has not crossed the plane of the touchline. The plane of the touchline is the vertical space rising immediately above the touchline.
Now, the distinction between "crossed" and "reached" is probably deliberate for this law.
But, just to satisfy my curiosity, do we all think "crossed" means that the entire circumference of the ball has passed over the entire plane of touch. The touchline is a white line of a specific width. Thus the projected "plane of touch" is actually a "Cuboid of touch".
My interpretation is that "crossed" means that the whole of the ball has thought the "cuboid of touch" such that it is clear of it.
Probably being pedantic, and in a game, we probably just have to take a view, but to help sell my decisions to players, it may help in certain rare situations.
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