tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post3868238741955476206..comments2024-03-28T04:54:09.797+00:00Comments on The Hook - Leinster Hockey's Only blog: Ask Ray... about auto-passes and captainsStephen Findlaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118625126159007197noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-7649873908417893302010-03-01T08:27:03.515+00:002010-03-01T08:27:03.515+00:00Hi Could you ask Ray for me is an aerial ball allo...Hi Could you ask Ray for me is an aerial ball allowed to be played into the circle, to land say on the PF spot. No forwards present but on the goal line behind the GK 7 metres away from the balls landing place. I have seen this used and allowed so I am just interested. Personally I can see no reason for it not to be allowedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-55807528167332483682010-02-04T21:39:58.691+00:002010-02-04T21:39:58.691+00:00At what point when the defending team does not get...At what point when the defending team does not get 5m away from a free hit in their defending 25 area should a short corner be awarded to the attacking team?<br />I was at ladies match last weekend where a team continually didn't get 5m on various occasions and no short corners were given, the refs told the team to take the frees again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-26884886688376236032010-02-04T16:10:39.132+00:002010-02-04T16:10:39.132+00:00yeah but defenders cant get an advantage from foul...yeah but defenders cant get an advantage from fouling. thats the point.if the free is taken from a position that grants an advantage of a few yards who cares the ball obviously ended up there because of the foul so RYaBlindRef i wouldn rely agree with you.i cant subscribe to your belief that attackers shouldnt be given an unfair advantage at taking a free hit,obviously they shouldn but if an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-19814419579980480472010-02-04T11:06:39.184+00:002010-02-04T11:06:39.184+00:00My thought would be to go a step further (and mayb...My thought would be to go a step further (and maybe a bit radical)... why should a free ever have to be brought back five/ten metres to where the free occurred? <br /><br />If a team makes a foul they should get no advantage, seems everyone in is agreement about this. Any stoppage gives the defence an advantage to get players back.<br /><br />If they foul and the ball runs ten metres away in any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-13214630016232060692010-02-04T11:01:03.048+00:002010-02-04T11:01:03.048+00:00Umpires want to see play proceed as quickly and as...Umpires want to see play proceed as quickly and as smoothly as the players do. <br /><br />If an umpire calls for a quick free to be re-taken, it is not to slow up play, but it might be because the quick free was taken from a spot which gave an unfair advantage to the free-taker. Or maybe the ball was never stopped, which makes it impossible for defenders to know where the 5 metre zone starts. <RYaBlindRef?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-53881193385888754952010-02-04T10:58:14.643+00:002010-02-04T10:58:14.643+00:00i would agree.. except for in silly cases where th...i would agree.. except for in silly cases where the attacker is maybe gaining 5 yards why "bring the ball back". the idea is that the defender cannot gain an advantage by fouling and slowing down the attack so to "bring the ball back" seems nonsensical.these days the game is so fast that a yard here or there is negligible in its' effect but speeds up the game which is whatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147439334930274041.post-25877913958793065332010-02-04T09:21:53.130+00:002010-02-04T09:21:53.130+00:00The one thing that bugs me ray is; when a free is ...The one thing that bugs me ray is; when a free is awarded, the player that the free has been awared to takes the free quickly but is brought back for it not being taken in the 'exact' spot at which the foul took place.<br /><br />I know that a free needs to be taken as close to the spot of the foul but most umpires get so caught up with this ruling that it creates tension between players Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com