[Bruno Gravato]

Situation:
– “floaty” pass to space
– receiver and defender are running to the disc, but still a few meters away from the disc
– contact occurs and a foul is called (either offensive or defensive)
– both players believe they had a chance to catch the disc

In this situation should this be treated as an [offensive/defensive] receiving foul or an indirect (or blocking) foul?

This will affect who takes possession of the disc after the breach.

According to the current version of the rules receiving fouls are “before, or during, an attempt to catch the disc”.
What’s the rule of thumb on the moment (in time or distance) “before an attempt to catch the disc” to decide whether to call and indirect foul or a receiving foul?

Thanks,
Bruno

[Efren Cornelio O. Baconawa II]

According to the WFDF interpretations,
17.5 Defensive and offensive receiving fouls (17.2, 17.6)
If the disc is in the air but the players involved in the foul were running to receive or
defend the next pass after possession has been established, this should be treated as
an Indirect foul (rule 17.9)

i hope this helps. 😀

[Bruno Gravato]

Don’t know how I missed that… I think I might have been reading an older version of the Interpretations doc…

Thanks for spotting that 🙂

Bruno