[Christophe Muller de Schongor]

By the 2021-2024 rules, does someone maintaining speed and still running in the same direction BUT pivoting one’s torso (thus kind of “changing direction”) commits a “travel”?

[Christophe Muller de Schongor]

I do have same interprétations as binchyster.
Reading the comments on the aforementionned Facebook post, and especially issued by (one of) the redactor of this rule, I think the main issue is trying to resolve case when the line itself is dragged by Wind, and therefore floats over the field.
It occurs, true, and produces some time very weird game field’s shapes.
Still, I don’t see how a clearer statement like “touching the line is out” wouldn’t stands in any case (not with same results, but that is not what we are looking for, we want clear neat simple rules with a minimum to no exception, an no exception to exception at all).

[Christophe Muller de Schongor]

[quote=”njyo” post=1557]allow for (1) dragging feet from inside [/quote]
I tottally disagree with that; Any attempt for moving intentionnally the tape is still forbidden.
(isn’t it?)

[Christophe Muller de Schongor]

Hi,
I am part of the ones that think this new “clarification” is nothing but very complicate.
the line is out is a clear statement, indoor, grass and sand Wise.
For practical purpose already stated above, the sand line being moved is the actual line (giving the moves are accidental). Another simple clear rule.
I would say those simple two rules cover all cases of scenario without the strange intricacies of actual wording:
1) Touching the line is out (whatever side of the line: from above, from Under, from any side)
2) if you are not touching the line, then it goes bach to the old grass rule: whatever touches the groud first count. Either your foot slided from Inside, then your ankle or your leg should be a very good marker of the impact point (if you slided and touch the line, see #1 – it might cause a discussion about when it touches the line vs when does the catch occurs, but no rule would ever dismiss thoses (rare) cases), and you are in. Either it slided from outside, and it is an obvious out.
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In any case, I can’t see when an exception inside an exception is good ruling (The line is out BUT under the out-line is in BUT under the out-field is out). And that is a french native speaker speaking 🙂