RULE 10 - OFFSIDE BALLS (formerly HALFWAY RULE)
RULE 10(a) - HALFWAY LINES
BETWEEN THE HOOP JUST SCORED AND THE NEXT HOOP IN ORDER
THERE IS A LINE CALLED THE HALFWAY LINE
HALFWAY LINE IS
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WHEN NEXT HOOP IN
LINES OF HOOPS
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NOTE: MISPLACED MARKER PEGS DO NOT DEFINE THE HALFWAY LINES. NO
MATTER WHERE THE MARKER PEGS ARE PLACED THE HALFWAY LINES ARE AS
DEFINED ABOVE.
RULE 10 - OFFSIDE BALLS (formerly HALFWAY RULE)
RULE 10(b)
- BALL RESTING BEYOND HALFWAY
AT END OF TURN WHICH HOOP POINT SCORED
ANY BALL
ALL OF WHICH IS RESTING BEYOND THE HALFWAY LINE FOR
NEXT HOOP IN ORDER
IS AN OFFSIDE BALL
UNLESS IT REACHED IS POSITION AS A RESULT OF:
1) THE STROKE JUST PLAYED,
OR
2) A STROKE, WRONG BALL PLAY OR FAULT PLAYED OR COMMITTED BY AN OPPONENT (HOWEVER THIS
EXEMPTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A BALL WHOSE OWNER MISSES A TURN IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE OF A NON
STRIKING FAULT (RULE 12;
OR
3) CONTACT WITH AN OPPONENT'S BALL (HOWEVER THIS EXEMPTION DOES NOT RESULT FROM A BALL PLAYED
AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT'S BALL WITH WHICH IT WAS IN CONTACT, UNLESS IT MOVES THAT BALL IN THE
STROKE;
OR
4) BEING DIRECTED TO A PENALTY SPOT
COMMENTARY:
UNLESS IT CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN THAT ALL OF A BALL IS OVER THE HALFWAY LINE, THE BALL
SHOULD BE RULED AS NOT OVER THE HALFWAY LINE
RULE 10(C)(1) - DIRECTING OF OFFSIDE BALL
THE OPPONENT OF THE OWNER OF AN OFFSIDE BALL
BEFORE THEIR (THE OPPONENT) NEXT STROKE IS PLAYED
IS ENTITLED TO DIRECT THAT THE OFFSIDE BALL
IS NEXT TO BE PLAYED FROM EITHER PENALTY
SPOT D OR E AS CHOSEN BY THE OPPONENT
O A BALL THAT DIRECTED TO BE PLAYED FROM A
PENALTY SPOT IS AN OUTSIDE AGENCY UNTIL IT IS
PLAYED.
O IF THE OFFSIDE BALL IS NOT SO DIRECTED IT
REMAINS A BALL IN PLAY
COMMENTARY:
OFFSIDE BALL ONLY BECOMES AN OUTSIDE AGENCY IF DIRECTED TO BE PLAYED FROM A PENALTY SPOT
ONCE DIRECTED TO BE MOVED IT MAY BE:
O LEFT WHERE IT IS,
O SENT TOWARDS THE PENALTY SPOT,
OR
O PLACED ON THE SPOT
HOWEVER AS AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THE BALL IS TO BE MOVED, AT ANY PLAYER'S REQUEST, TO AVIOD
INTERFERENCE WITH PLAY.
A BALL SO DIRECTED REMAINS AN OUTSIDE AGENCY UNTIL IT IS PLAYED FROM THE DIRECTED PENALTY SPOT.
RULE 10 - OFFSIDE BALLS (formerly HALFWAY RULE)
RULE 10(c}(2) & OR 10.1 - PLAYING OF OFFSIDE BALL BEFORE DIRECTION
IF OWNER OF AN OFFSIDE BALL PLAYS
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THE OPPONENT MAY REQUIRE THE STROKE TO REPLAYED AFTER RULE 10(c)(l) IS APPLIED
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BEFORE THE STROKE IS REPLAYED ANY BALLS MOVED BY
THE FIRST STROKE ARE TO BE REPLACED
PLAYER REQUIRED TO REPLAY A BALL
REFERENCE TO PLAY BY THE OWNER OF AN
UNDER THIS RULE IS NO LONGER ENTITLED
OFFSIDE BALL IN THIS RULE INCLUDES:
TO RULE ON AN OPPONENT'S OFFSIDE BALL
O PLAY BY THE PARTNER IN A DOUBLES
AT THE SAM E H OOP
GAME,
AND
»OR 10.1: THAT PLAYER IS NOT ENTITLED TO*
SUBSEQUENTLY RULE ON AN OPPONENT'S
OFFSIDE BALL
O PLAY OF EITHER OF THE OWNER'S BALLS IN
A SINGLES GAME