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USSF DIRECTIVE

 

According to the recent USSF Directive the order of the criteria that a referee needs to consider in determining whether a “handling offense” has occurred (or not) is as follows:

•   Makes oneself bigger

•  Is the arm/hand in an unnatural position?

•  Did the player "benefit"?

•  Reaction time

•  Hand/arm to ball

The order of these items to be considered is totally flawed and unrealistic.