Definitelynotanotherref
SILVER ELITE
According to the law, as long as the ball is "stopped" for even a moment (millisecond) in between the keepers hands or in between 1 hand and any body part and 1 hand and the ground- then it is considered possesion. Most people tend to try to project an American Football understanding of possession with the idea that a player needs to have control for like 2-3 steps to be considered "in control and in possesion", but this is incorrect, it only needs to be a moment. One exception: if the keeper fumbles or drops the ball "naturally" or against the ground. Again, here we have the opposite of American football. If the ground causes the fumble, then its anyone's ball again.
@AZsoccerDad so its the Am. football criteria being mixed in that makes it hard. Even if a referee slightly knows the rules, an untrained average Am. football watching fan will subconsciously think, "she never had the ball". even though he saw her have it for a split second.
As for the video, the answer lies in whether the keeper had a hand/finger on it at any point during the steal. I can't tell, maybe I'd trust surfref because he says he sees it.
Positioning, it's not perfect, but for this age its expected. He should be closer to the "drop zone" before the play even starts. He's covering 0 ground being out that far. even if there is a short pass, he would have time to walk 2 steps before the defenders run and make a challenge. The Penalty Area is higher priority. It's not even a running thing, he should just be standing in a different spot when he blows the whistle to start. Also, he would look better if he "walked with purpose" or was shuffling on the toes of both feet, but that's just a perception and selling your calls thing.
@AZsoccerDad so its the Am. football criteria being mixed in that makes it hard. Even if a referee slightly knows the rules, an untrained average Am. football watching fan will subconsciously think, "she never had the ball". even though he saw her have it for a split second.
As for the video, the answer lies in whether the keeper had a hand/finger on it at any point during the steal. I can't tell, maybe I'd trust surfref because he says he sees it.
Positioning, it's not perfect, but for this age its expected. He should be closer to the "drop zone" before the play even starts. He's covering 0 ground being out that far. even if there is a short pass, he would have time to walk 2 steps before the defenders run and make a challenge. The Penalty Area is higher priority. It's not even a running thing, he should just be standing in a different spot when he blows the whistle to start. Also, he would look better if he "walked with purpose" or was shuffling on the toes of both feet, but that's just a perception and selling your calls thing.