So I had a weird one.
Keeper maybe 5ft 6ish, attacking striker in the 6ft 5ish category. The striker was also in really good shape and had a ferocious leap on him. Typical Grassroots mismatch as the keeper was not an athlete.
Now the keeper was jumping for the ball. Arms stretched up in the air, while the striker was competing with him. In the end, the tips of the keepers gloves were about equal to the strikers head. But in typical fashion the keeper would go to ground every time and lie on the ground lifelessly for a few seconds after every jump up.
The expectation felt to me, I should be penalising the striker for sort of blocking the keepers catch. The keeper was obviously 100% gambling on this, as he was committing to the ground after every battle.
Just a difficult one.
Keeper maybe 5ft 6ish, attacking striker in the 6ft 5ish category. The striker was also in really good shape and had a ferocious leap on him. Typical Grassroots mismatch as the keeper was not an athlete.
Now the keeper was jumping for the ball. Arms stretched up in the air, while the striker was competing with him. In the end, the tips of the keepers gloves were about equal to the strikers head. But in typical fashion the keeper would go to ground every time and lie on the ground lifelessly for a few seconds after every jump up.
The expectation felt to me, I should be penalising the striker for sort of blocking the keepers catch. The keeper was obviously 100% gambling on this, as he was committing to the ground after every battle.
Just a difficult one.