Stand there? Yes. Jump up or impede the throw? No. At least, that's the way I've seen refs call it for the last 25 years or so.
Yes, but... If a player stands in front of the thrower, then moves with him, continuing to obstruct his ability to put the ball in play, then he is delaying the restart of play, which is a cautionable offense under Law 12.
I know you're from England, but here's the USSF's Advice to Referees... So, a player (team A) can stand directly in front of the player taking the throw (team B). However, if the team B player taking the throw moves sideways a yard or turns to throw in a different direction and the team A player moves to block the new position / direction, then that would be construed unsporting behavior.
This is taken from Jim Allen's **outstanding** web site, "Ask a Socer Referee" at http://www.drix.net/jim/ . As his site states, Jim's responses are coordinated and sanctioned by USSF. Quoting from Jim's web site: STANDING IN FRONT OF THE THROWER Your question: What is the official ruling on defending a long throw in ? Is it okay to stand right in front of the thrower as long as you stay in the field of play? USSF answer (November 29, 2002): According to the USSF publication "Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game," QUOTE 15.7 OPPONENT BEHAVIOR AT A THROW-IN Opponents are prohibited from unfairly distracting or impeding the thrower (violations are punished by a mandatory caution for unsporting behavior). This means that an opponent may not jump about or wave his arms in a distracting manner, move to block the freedom of movement of the thrower, stand directly in front of the thrower so as to harass him, or move to block a throw in a particular direction. END OF QUOTE The opponent is allowed to stand in front of the thrower, not to follow him along as he moves to throw. (The thrower is entitled to move approximately one yard in either direction from the spot where the ball left the field.) When the thrower moves, the opponent is not allowed to move to block the thrower's freedom of movement or to harass the thrower. The implication in 15.7 is that the opponent may stand there, but that he is not allowed to harass the thrower. end web site clip Hope this is useful.
Let me guess -- you're host or promote or advertise on this site. This is the second thread in which you've promoted his sight. What you posted in the rest of your response had already been posted by me -- both the snippet from the ATR and Jim's comments -- which were in fact, almost word for word what I said. As I said over on the other thread -- if you're not going to take the time to read the rest of the thread, don't post.
I am none of the above. I'm an admirer of Jim Allen's web site, which should be pretty clear from the post, and I mention the link only because I think anyone interested in officiating or the LOTG ought to be aware of it. Are you, on the other hand, a BigSoccer administrator, or a moderator of this particular forum? As I recall, one of the chief reasons for the development of the Internet was to facilitate the easy dissemination of useful information. On that note, I'll sit down with a cup of hot coffee and my copy of the First Amendment and trouble you no more.
I am none of the above. True, but you don't need to post redundant information. Perhaps you could have posted a link to his site and stated "Jim upholds what was posted above." or some such thing rather than reposting the same info I had just posted in the immediately previous link. Sorry if I came on too strong -- you tripped a pet peeve of mine in the other thread by "not reading the entire thread, but I'll post this anyway". So when I came over here and found that you apparently did the same thing, I kind of boiled over. After all this thread was whole 3 POSTS long at the time.
Is it cardable for the "Thrower" to throw the ball directly into the the obstructer's face? This happened in one of my college games and it was the funniest damn thing I've ever seen.
Could be -- it all comes down to what the referee felt were the thrower's intentions were. Any referee could very easily sell and be well within the LOTG to issue a red-card in this situation for striking.
One step further........... Thanks guys and gals. Thankfully, the understanding in the US is much the same as in the UK. An opponent can stand there, so long as he does not move etc…. But let’s take it a step further. What would you do if a colleague of the thrower stands between the thrower and the opponent who is standing on the touch line? www.corshamref.net
By colleague are you talking about a teammate? Between the thrower and the touchline? Need something more specific
More specific................. Statesman – Red attacker No. 9 is about to take the throw-in. Blue defender stands on the touchline at the position where Red attacker No. 9 is about to throw the ball in. Before the throw- in is taken, a team-mate of Red attacker No. 9, stands immediately in front of the Defender so as to block the defender’s line-of-sight of the oncoming thrower (Red attacker No. 9). Call?? www.corshamref.net
Re: More specific................. Well first of all, no call. Neither of the non-throwing players have done anything wrong. The question I have is why on earth would the Red teammate do this? What is he gaining for him or his team? Have you seen this happen and if so, do you have any idea why? Just curious.
Re: Re: More specific................. Maybe he's obstructing the vision of the obstructor. Sounds like a made up scenario. I know that I've never seen it, but anything can happen.
Yeah, sorry guys, it is a made up scenario, but meant to invigorate the ‘old grey matter’. For example, would you take any action if one of the players stepped off the field of play? Or what can you as a Referee do, to deal with the situation, or prevent it from actually happening? I have plenty of opinions on this, but was hoping to generate some discussion and ideas from my friends over the big pond. The throw-in scenario I mentioned in my original posting is very similar to that seen sometimes during corner kicks, where an attacker stands right in front of the goalkeeper. The same principles apply.
A player would actually have an advantage to gain by standing in front of a keeper.......there is no advantage to standing in front of a thrower.........I suspect our friends from over the pond would shake their heads and laugh at the silly yank wasting his time on such petty stuff! PS Kev........didnt you use to be in michigan?
I have always lived in Indiana. I have been involved with and been a board member of both a club and a league in Michigan. I referee in both Indiana and Michigan. My son plays for a club team out of Michigan and plays high school and ODP in Indiana. Does that answer your question?