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Dropped Ball

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RowdyRef

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I had an experienced assistant of mine tell me after my match this weekend, that when I allow for a drop ball, it must touch another player ie the kicker can’t dribble it. He said I should have awarded an indirect free kick.

After reviewing LOTG all I can see is that ‘the ball is in play once it touches the ground’, which is what my understanding was.

Is the assistant right or got it wrong?
 
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RowdyRef said:
I had an experienced assistant of mine tell me after my match this weekend, that when I allow for a drop ball, it must touch another player ie the kicker can’t dribble it. He said I should have awarded an indirect free kick.

After reviewing LOTG all I can see is that ‘the ball is in play once it touches the ground’, which is what my understanding was.

Is the assistant right or got it wrong?
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Wrong.
Think he is confused with the requirement for it to touch another player before entering the goal.
 
RowdyRef said:
I had an experienced assistant of mine tell me after my match this weekend, that when I allow for a drop ball, it must touch another player ie the kicker can’t dribble it. He said I should have awarded an indirect free kick.

After reviewing LOTG all I can see is that ‘the ball is in play once it touches the ground’, which is what my understanding was.

Is the assistant right or got it wrong?
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What I would do now, having been advised ( told) that the AR is wrong, is let the AR know this.

it will educate him and prevent him causing a problem in a future game


that aside, and not a dig at you, absolute waste of time AR saying this post match, if he ( bear in mind, wrongly) considers his version to be correct, why on earth is he standing watching you mess up! ( even tho the reality is you never)

double poor from AR
 
RowdyRef said:
I had an experienced assistant of mine tell me after my match this weekend, that when I allow for a drop ball, it must touch another player ie the kicker can’t dribble it. He said I should have awarded an indirect free kick.
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In addition to what others have said about him being wrong in regard to the player dribbling the ball, there's also no offence or sanction listed in Law 8 that results in an indirect free kick.

It seems as though he somehow thought that a dropped ball is like a dead ball restart taken by a player, where a double touch is not allowed, and is penalised with an IFK.
 
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