Football Experiments

1 Fist Pass

Proposal: Eliminate the “open-handed” pass and return to fist pass only.

2 Catch from kick-out (mark)

Proposal: A free-kick to be awarded to a player making a catch between the 45 metre lines directly from a kick-out. The free-kick is to be taken by the player who makes the catch unless he is injured prior to the free-kick being taken.

3 Bounce

Proposal: The bounce in football to be redefined as: “For a player to play the ball against the ground with his hand(s) and to catch it on return to his hand(s)”.

4 Penalty kick

Proposal: The penalty should be taken from a spot which is located 11 metres from the centre of the goal line.

5 Kick-out

Proposal: All kick-outs to be taken from the 13-metre line, within the small rectangle.

Football and Hurling proposals

1 Advantage

Proposal: The referee shall indicate that advantage is being played by means of a “raised and extended arm”.

2 Throw-ins

Proposal: Throw-ins should not take place closer than 13 metres from the side-line.

3 Charge (fair)

Proposal: Include the words “Shoulder to shoulder” rather than “side to side” in the definition of the fair charge.

Proposal (from Football Committee): That a player who is in the act of kicking the ball could not be charged, in a manner otherwise considered to be fair.

4 Boundary line

Proposal: Amend the penalty for deliberately going outside the boundary lines to gain an advantage to “Free-puck/kick from where the foul occurred”.

5 Time

Proposal: That the half-time and full-time whistle not be blown until the ball has gone over any boundary line.

6 Rule 4 – Technical fouls

Proposal: Amend Rule 4.9 relating to the “small rectangle” to allow a player enter the rectangle once the ball has been played. The rule would not be amended with regard to set play situations.