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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/20/2008

Bill of Blandon, PA USA asks...

The answers to question 20502 stress that the position of the ball and not the position on the keeper is key when determining if the keeper illegally handled the ball.

I was wondering if this can be found in the LOTG, ATR, or other officia...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/12/2008

Mike Harding of Etchingham, East Sussex UK asks...

In open play, an attacker shoots at the opponents goal. He beats the keeper cleanly along the ground. Literally, as the ball is crossing the line the referee blows the whistle for half time. The ball subsequently ends up in the goal but the refere...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/8/2008

shahin of pleasatnon, Ca. Alameda asks...

Is the ball out of bound if it is on the line?...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 10/18/2008

Victoria Jenks of Honolulu, Hawaii USA asks...

Our team has a goal kick and places it on the corner line of the goal box. I know it must travel outside the penalty box before it can be touched. But must it travel forward? Can our kicker pass it to a player on the side of the penalty box?...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 10/12/2008

Joey of Tampa, Fl US asks...

Is the ball out or in when it hits the top of the crossbar. Say from a cross.

Example: Ball was crossed, keeper went to make a play on the ball, but couldn't because it bounced of the top of the crossbar and into play.

I can think o...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 9/16/2008

Gary Morgan of Culpeper, VA USA asks...

Hello, thanks for all your great work! You may have answered a question like this already, but I can't find it so here goes:

As I understand it, the goalkeeper may handle the ball anytime the ball is inside the penalty area. (Ignore except...

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Law 2 - The Ball 9/7/2008

Shrenil of Long Sault, Canada asks...

I'm doing a project about the psi in soccer balls, and I was wondering if a ball at 3 psi would go farther than a ball at 15 psi...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 9/3/2008

Rob of Hampstead, MD USA asks...

In soccer, the ball is not out of bounds until it is completely past the plane of the touch or goal line, but what is the regulation for the player? Is the same true for the player, i.e. can you have part of the body in and part out, and still be con...

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Law 2 - The Ball 8/27/2008

Melissa of Bothell, Washington USA asks...

Just as the attacker takes the shot on goal, the ball bursts and rolls to a stop just in front of him. He then kicks the ball into the net. Whats the call?...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 8/20/2008

Kevin of Columbia , Ohio USA asks...

I would like an opinion of something that happened in a game tonight. It was a non conference high school girls game and we we happy to see three refs on the field. The opposing team was moving the ball towards our goal and a player attempted to pas...

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