I like to think I'm up with the Laws but that one slipped me by. However, even if a back-heel is not a "kick," I don't think it is a knock-on.Stones of granite wrote:It's an odd one. It doesn't come under a specific law, but in the definitions.Lizard wrote:Under which Law?Stones of granite wrote:
Must be an old clip, back heels are now a knock-on.
Kick: A kick is made by hitting the ball with any part of the leg or foot, except the heel,
from the toe to the knee but not including the knee; a kick must move the ball a visible
distance out of the hand, or along the ground.
I can't remember exactly when it was changed, but it was a fair few years ago now.
Law 12:
"A knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it."
By my reading, this makes a back-heel a legal method of propelling the ball forward (like a header). Unless I'm missing something.