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Summary of Playing Rule Changes 2010.htm
The GAA
Congress 2010 passed a number of playing rule changes
relevant to football and hurling which will come into
effect in all games played on or after May 15th
2010. In total there are six changes specific to
football only and three specific to hurling, while a
further six changes affect both codes, A summary of the
changes is as follows:
Football
Only:
1.
Handpass –
If a
player handpasses the ball using the open hand, there
must be a definite underhand striking action.
2.
Penalty
Kicks –
All
penalty kicks will now be taken from 11 metres out
3.
Kick Outs
–
All kick
outs will now be from the 13 metre line
4.
Sideline
kicks –
Line balls
must be kicked from outside the boundary line
5.
Illegal
Charge -
It is
illegal for a charge to be made on a player kicking the
ball.
6.
Definition
of bounce -
The
redefinition of the bounce has the effect that the
“Basketball Type”, bounce, per se, is not a foul.
Hurling
only:
1.
Puck Outs
-
The
penalty for taking a puck-out from outside the small
rectangle is changed from the award of a 65m free to the
opposition to a throw in the ball on the defenders’ 20m
line.
2.
Handpass -
The ball
must be released and struck with a definite striking
action of the hand
3.
Penalties
-
Both
attackers and defenders must remain outside the 20m line
and the arc until the ball is struck from a
penalty and the three defenders on the line must not
move off the line until the ball is struck.
Both
Hurling and Football:
1.
Restarting
Play
– If play is stopped by the referee to enable a
seriously injured player to be treated, play will now
resume with a free to the team that had possession.
However it will not be permitted to score from such a
free (if neither team is “in possession”, play shall
re-start with a throw in)
2.
Throw ins
– when the play is being restarted by a throw-in, this
must take place a minimum of 13 metres from the sideline
3.
Advantage
– A referee will now signal that advantage is being
played by raising his arm
4.
Extra Time
– Extra time consists of 10 minutes per half only. The
provision for two additional periods of 5 minutes per
half has been removed
5.
Boundary
Lines
– The penalty for a player deliberately going outside
the boundary lines of the pitch to gain an advantage has
changed from a caution to a free.
6.
Charge
– A charge is now defined as “shoulder to shoulder”
rather than “side to side”
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