Furn2
Norm Smith Medallist
- Sep 27, 2012
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Where is this rule ?
I grew up in the UK playing pretty high level football (eg soccer) and as i played mostly in a defensive role we were never taught or told that we had to always watch the ball.
When defending a corner or free kick the idea was to try to always try to be aware of where both the ball and your man were but your man was always the priority. I would often watch my man almost the entire time. There were never frees given for simply watching your man.you had to attualy commit a foul.
So why in Aussie rule does it seem that this is a rule, the umpires actually quote it, yet ive read the rules and not seen it.
I grew up in the UK playing pretty high level football (eg soccer) and as i played mostly in a defensive role we were never taught or told that we had to always watch the ball.
When defending a corner or free kick the idea was to try to always try to be aware of where both the ball and your man were but your man was always the priority. I would often watch my man almost the entire time. There were never frees given for simply watching your man.you had to attualy commit a foul.
So why in Aussie rule does it seem that this is a rule, the umpires actually quote it, yet ive read the rules and not seen it.