Transcript Slide 1

Phil Long
MHSAA Official and Assignor
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Basic Spot
Succeeding Spot
Previous Spot
Enforcement Spot
Spot of Foul
Out of bounds Spot
Spot of Enforcement
1. The Basic spot …becomes the Previous spot
and therefore the spot of Enforcement for:
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all penalties occurring simultaneous with the
snap or free kick.
fouls occurring during a loose pall play as
defined by 10-3-1. Also 10-5-5 and 10-5-1b
for special enforcement on roughing the passer
and kick catching interference.
An inadvertent whistle during a legal kick and the
ball was still loose.
2. The Basic spot…is the spot
where the kick ends when R
commits a post scrimmage kick
foul. It becomes the spot of
enforcement unless R’s penalty
occurs behind this basic spot.
3. The Basic spot…is the
spot where the run ends for
a foul that occurs during a
running play(10-3-2)
4. The Basic spot…is the succeeding spot
which therefore becomes the spot of
enforcement for:
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Unsportsmanlike fouls
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Dead ball fouls
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Non-player fouls
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When the final result is a touchback
5. The Basic spot…is the 20 yardline for:
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B1 intercepts A1’s pass in B’s endzone and
A2 grabs B1’s face mask before he could
get out of the endzone. The ball comes
loose and rolls out of the endzone. The
basic spot, which becomes the spot of
enforcement, will be the 20 yardline. This
will result in a first down for B at the 35
yardline.
6. The Basic spot…is the goal line for:
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With 3rd and 10, A1 takes the snap from
his own 3 yardline and retreats into his
own endzone where B1 tackles him by
the facemask. The ball is fumbled
through the endzone. The spot of
enforcement will be the basic spot
resulting in 1st and 10 for A from their
15 yardline.
Fouls, in high school football, can be divided into 2
groups:
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Live ball fouls ( occur during a play )
Dead ball fouls (occur before the ball becomes live
or after the ball is no longer live ) included in this
group would also be any foul that occurs during a
live ball BUT is administered as a dead ball foul
(ie unsportsmanlike penalties including nonplayer fouls)
Fouls by A which result in a loss of
down are:
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Illegal handing the ball forward
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Illegal forward pass
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Illegal touching of a forward pass by
an ineligible
Fouls by B that give A an automatic 1st
down are:
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Roughing the kicker or holder
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Roughing the passer
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Roughing the snapper
Double and Multiple Fouls
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Live ball fouls by each team, during a down in
which there is no change of possession, will cancel.
You do not need to get the captains. This is a
double foul.
Live ball fouls by both teams when, there is a
change of possession, will result in a double foul if
both penalties occur before the change. However,
if Bs foul occurs after they gain possession, they
may keep the ball by refusing A’s penalty and
having their penalty(B’s) assessed. We have referred
to this as the “clean hands” rule.
Double and Multiple Fouls (cont.)
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Multiple fouls are 2 or more live ball fouls by the
same team during a play. You may only assess 1 !
Remember! These are live ball fouls. So, if any dead
ball fouls occur, you will assess them also in the
order they occurred.
One Major Note….. You can not use a dead ball foul
by one team to cause a live ball foul by the other
team to become a double foul and thus “wave them
off.”
When A scores a touchdown or scores a PAT they may
accept the penalty against “B” and the enforcement
spot will be….
The succeeding spot which could be ..
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1. The spot where the ball will be placed for the PAT
2. “K’s” free kick line for the ensuing kick-off
NOTE: Any dead ball penalties that occur during the
play and prior to the next “ready for play” signal, will
also be assessed with the teams having a choice of
taking the penalty on the PAT or Kick-off.
Field Goal…
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When A scores a field goal, they may accept
the 3 points and have the penalty assessed
on the ensuing kick-off OR they may give up
the 3 points and replay the down having the
penalty assessed from the previous spot.
“ Special enforcement Rules”
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Free kick out of bounds and untouched by R …
1. If accepted, the penalty is 5 yards from the previous
spot and re-kick
2. R could take the ball at the spot where it went out of
bounds.( hash on that side)
3. R could take the ball 25 yards from B’s free kick line.
“ Special enforcement Rules” (cont.)
Kick catching interference may be enforced from …
1. The spot of the foul with R having possession
2. The previous spot and replaying the down
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Roughing the passer… Penalty will assessed from one
of two spots…
1. Previous spot…if the pass was incomplete
2. Dead ball spot…if the pass was completed and the
dead ball spot was beyond the neutral zone.
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This is so simple! This applies only to
the offense when during a play or a
loose ball, they (A) commit a foul
BEHIND the basic spot. Then the spot
of enforcement becomes the spot
where the foul occurred. That’s it!
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