The ball is out on who hit it out.

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I’m tired of people ripping the ball trying to 5 hole me or squeeze past a front wheel only to have the shot go out of bonds and my good defensive play penalized.

The ball SHOULD be out on who hit it out, who delivered the force, who started it.

This even makes it easier to ref, no arguing about who touched it last, no rewarding spray and pray tactics. Other ball sports(fooseball🤠) have come to this conclusion as well.

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I agree on the principle, but:

  • making it clear-cut, as you propose - that whoever shot the ball going out of bounds, regardless of deflections, forfeits the ball - has some potential for tactical abuse…
  • expanding that definition of play on ball to minimize tactical abuse, would be tricky to get fair, I think.

I might be totally wrong though in assuming that making an intentional defensive deflection out of bounds is something remotely easy enough to try and (ab)use as a tactical play.

It could also be limited to a degree by who deflects and/or which boundary the ball leaves - like in handball, where a goalie keeps the posession of the ball if they deflect it and it crosses the outer goal line.

So potentially we could limit it to a defensive player in the crease (likely not making it any easier to ref than now), and/or to leaving the court behind the goal (probably also hard to ref in some cases)

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hockey rules! have the person who hit the ball and the person who deflected it face off for the ball.

probably a terrible solution but i think it would be fun

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For every sport that has done it one way another has done it the opposite.

Lacrosse (field) it’s player closest to ball as it goes out of play if originating as a shot (even if it hits goalie or cross bar) You’ll see players sprint and dive to be closest as it’s going out. If ball isn’t shot (pass, deflection, etc) then it’s awarded to the team that didn’t touch the ball last. Creates a mini game within the game.

Basketball ball goes to team that didn’t touch it before it goes out.

Hockey is a face-off.

Field hockey and soccer operate the same with sideline and end line rules differing.

So on and so on.

If you want the ball back so bad you should let it go in the net :wink:

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