PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 01/05/12 11:09 AM Share Posted 01/05/12 11:09 AM Hmm, maybe I'll try one more then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 01/05/12 01:08 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 01:08 PM You pick up rules with any sport the more you watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 01/05/12 02:38 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 02:38 PM The ball can go in any direction.You cant touch someone/push them in the back or its a free kick (this includes tackling and running them to the ground from behind).You can only get rid of the ball if you kick it or hand pass it, no throws are allowed. Exceptions are when the ball is thrown in from the boundary or bounced up by the umpire, you are then allowed to punch/hit/tap the ball wherever you want.Goals are only scored when the attacking team KICKS the ball through the middle posts of the defending teams goal - this awards 6 points. This can be soccered in as long as it doesn't touch another player before crossing the line. If the ball goes through the other posts, hits either of the 2 middle posts or is touched after kicking and goes over the goal line, a single point is scored (also referred to as a behind). If the ball bounces, then hits either of the 2 outside posts, a throw in takes place and no point is scored. If the ball hits either of the outside posts on the full, a free kick is awarded to the opposition as the ball is deemed "out of bounds on the full" and no point is scored. If under pressure, the defending team are allowed to run the ball over the goal line, resulting in a "rushed behind" which awards the attackers 1 point. If the defenders run the ball over and they are not under immediate pressure, a free kick can be awarded to the attacking team at the top of the goal square.Further to above, if a ball is kicked and lands out of bounds before touching the ground, a free kick is awarded to the opposition.When a point is scored, the defending team gets to kick the ball back into play from the goal square. They cannot however step out of the goal square at all until the ball has touched their boot (this means they can either kick it to a team mate/pack, or kick it to themselves).Should they kick the ball to a team mate or pack of players, and the ball miss them and go out of bounds, a free kick is awared to the opposition. This free kick is awarded regardless of whether the ball has gone out on the full or bounced before going out, as long as no-one has touched it.Free kicks are awarded for the following:Push in the back, high tackle (anything above the shoulders, if you duck into a tackle and get taken high, there's a 50/50 chance you will get a free kick, depends on the umpire), low tackle (below the knees), holding the ball (when a player is run down by the opposition or tackled before they are able to get rid of the ball, given that they have had sufficient time to do so), holding another players arm back when going for the ball (happens a lot with throw ins when the 2 ruckman are fighting to get the ball), late tackle, off the ball shenanigans, if a player steps out of the goal square on a kick in, out of bounds on the full, tripping another player, outside players stepping into the middle square before the ball has been bounced (you'll need to read up on positions to get a clue on that one).In addition to free kicks, a team can be given a 50m penalty against them should any of the following occur: (note, on the mark is when a ball is marked, the opposition has a player stand on/around the spot that the ball was marked)A player has marked the ball and gets a delayed tackle made against them, when a player is on the mark and another player from the same team crosses the mark, when an umpire tells a player to move back as they have overstepped the mark and they take to long to do so, when a free kick is awarded, and the opposition don't give the ball to the person awarded the free kick on the full (if they throw it too long or short/kick it wide or short a free kick is awarded), violence/anger towards an umpire following a decision made against a player can result in a 50m penalty.When a ball has been kicked more than 15m and marked on the full and without being touched by another player, a mark is awarded. This protects the player who marked the ball from being tackled until he either plays on or takes too long to dispose of the ball and the umpire calls play on - usually during the flow of play this is about 5-6 seconds. If a scoring opportunity, they say you get 20 seconds (?) but generally they take longer. Handballs do not get this benefit regardless of how hard the ball has travelled.The winning team is awarded 4 points, a draw awards 2 points. Losers obviously get nothing.I don't play AFL, I'm a soccer person but this is what I've gathered so far. I've probably got more but it's too late to be thinking of anything else haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 11d Gender: Male Posted 01/05/12 07:27 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 07:27 PM Did you know AFL is the only sport on the world, when a team scores a goal the ball is brought back to the centre and teams start neutral again. Every other sport when a team scores a goal the opposing team starts with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 01/05/12 09:00 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 09:00 PM Umpires can also make up rules on the spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 3m 7d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 01/05/12 09:08 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 09:08 PM ice hockeyto a lesser extent, netball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 11d Gender: Male Posted 01/05/12 09:13 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 09:13 PM You sure with ice hockey SHP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRA1NR Pitlane Member Donating Members 2,886 Member For: 17y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Pakenham, Victoria Posted 01/05/12 09:17 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 09:17 PM Definitely with Ice Hockey, they have a face off after every goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 01/05/12 11:09 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 11:09 PM So, can someone help explain the rules of this Mexican game? I tried watching a game on the weekend on TV...Are you always allowed forward passes and is it like soccer where you can't pass and collect in front of the last defender?Why is there no penalty for not keeping control of the ball? There's so many knock on's...The game seems so messy, and then all of a sudden, the ball comes out of the mess and sails through the goal posts...I agree with the bit about them falling over as much as soccer players, they wrestle with each other and then drop at the slightest nudge...^^^^ This sums it up. It looks like a game you play as 9yr olds in primary school. As long as you can run, kick straight and catch a ball you are a pro AFL player and get paid millions. Don't hate the game but its pretty boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 01/05/12 11:59 PM Share Posted 01/05/12 11:59 PM Don't hate the game but its pretty boring.As far as boring goes, I honestly think AFL is among the least of the boring sports out there. My opinion of course.It's constant action and half the game the ball gets played to contested zones so there's always chances for turnovers. The only boring part which is the frusterating part is when they are killing time towards the end of a game when it's a close contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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