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Balancing the ball on your head

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joggerjayne | 12:09 Wed 16th Feb 2011 | Sport
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So, nowadays, footballers have become a bunch of lightweight fairies ...

... yes? no one disagreeing so far?

If an opponent so much as touches them, they go down like they've been shot by a sniper, and the opponent gets booked.

So ...

In training, most footballers can balance the ball on their head, or the back of their neck ...

Is there any rule, during a match, to stop a player flipping the ball on to his head, and just walking to the opponents' goal?

If any opponent tried to head the ball off the player's head, the player would, naturally, dive to the floor, claiming he had been head butted.
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Probably a similar rule stating they can't simply stuff it up their shirt and run into the goal.
No rule against it Jayne but I dont think he would make it to the penalty area!!
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Naz ...

You can't stuff it up your shirt, because that would be a handball.

But you can play the ball with your head, yes?
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How about if you flicked it up with your foot and caught it under your shirt?
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pmsl...
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Now, trigger ...

Here was me thinking that this was one thread where there was NO scope for lowering the tone !!!!!!!
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Mind you ...

If you know a guy who can do that ... if you'd like to post his mobile number ...

... purely for research purposes, obviously.
My Soccer Mom Can Beat Up Your Netball Mom even when balancing a Ball on her head ! ;-))
Wouldn't get there if Gatuso was playing for the opposition
surely he could be shoulder barged, you're allowed to do that if the ball is in playable distance of the aggressor I think. Also, once he got into the area, the keeper could just walk over and take it off his head!
lol lol ! Gattuso is in big trouble and UEFA will probably ban him from the Competition until next Season.........
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Netball has become a tougher game than football.

If a Netball player gets knocked over onto a hard court, she gets up and gets back into position for the next play. If a Football player got knocked over on a Netball court, he'd have the entire medical team running over.
JJ you're a tough nut to crack !!! lol
Does netball have an offside rule?
I will not allow anyone to balance their balls on my head.
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I think pa__ul has come up with the answer that I hadn't thought of ...

... the goalie can take the ball off the player's head.

mrs_o ... "offside" in Netball? That's a question for Sian Massey, surely?

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(the answer is yes, but it's zone based, rather than player/player based)
will you by any chance be coming to the Brittania Stadium on Saturday Jayne, i have a feeling Brighton may just shade it,
Shoulder tackles are allowed in the game. U try and balance a ball on your head with the likes of rio ferdinand banging into you.... I dont think anyone could deal with that and keep the ball on his head

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