In American Football you have not completed a catch until both feet are down.
Unfortunately someone decided to go for brevity over clarity in the last revision.
What would you rule if the first foot landed in the field of play, but the second was in touch.
Was the catch completed in the field of play, and hence a mark can bee awarded?
Or did they just take the ball into touch?
Unfortunately someone decided to go for brevity over clarity in the last revision.
What would you rule if the first foot landed in the field of play, but the second was in touch.
Was the catch completed in the field of play, and hence a mark can bee awarded?
Or did they just take the ball into touch?
Yes but the new Law Book doesn't contain the current trials , which supersede it
Taking the law book and the law trials, it seems to me that you can call a mark catching the ball in the air as long as:
1 the ball has reached the plane of the 22 (law trial)
and 2 at least one foot is on or behind the 22 when you land. For me it does not matter if it is the first foot down or second foot.
1 the ball has reached the plane of the 22 (law trial)
and 2 at least one foot is on or behind the 22 when you land. For me it does not matter if it is the first foot down or second foot.