Quote Originally Posted by scowling View Post
someone down thread suggested the rule now says all goalkeeper possessions, but I'm pretty sure the rule is just goal kicks. That being said, I have on occasion told my kids to drop off whenever the keeper has the ball.
Here is the rule from the NNSW JDL rules sheet.
5.6. GOALKEEPERS
The goalkeeper is allowed to handle the ball anywhere in the penalty area.
To restart play after a save or gathering the ball with their hands, the ball must be thrown or rolled
from the hands or played from the ground with their feet, within 6 seconds.
The goalkeeper is not allowed to kick or drop kick the ball directly from their hands. Opponents must
be at least 10 metres outside the penalty area and cannot move inside the penalty area until the ball
is in play. The ball is in play once it moves out of the penalty area or when the goalkeeper places the
ball on the ground.
This is the doc we all got pre-season.Sure enough game 1,I was reffing and calling for players to drop.Right on cue,players,coaches and parents from both teams were yelling at me.It was clear that NONE of them read it (even though we were all given a copy and told to read it).I spoke to the coaches at half time about it and one of them still had the hide to whinge about not knowing.At least the other bloke thanked me for letting him know (he then helped by telling his kids to drop the entire 2nd half).Its a small issue but these things create dramas when people dont know the rules yet feel obliged to yell and scream at volunteer refs.