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Nah, the call you made was when I winding up for a forward facing shot. Ed came in to hook and caught my hand. That I believe falls in the remit of 'normal shooting' and as I said, I disagree with the call but I respected it and took the warning.
The one where I lost my mallet was on the other end, I was doing a Dillman and the mallet slipped from my grip, even then, it is not a 'blind backhanded swing' as was shooting parallel to my bars and across my front wheel. This was not a wild swing, I just lost grip. I was clear from other players when I wound up and even shouted that I was going for the shot and credit to Ed he still came in for the tackle.
'blind backhanded swing' - this I believe is for what is termed 'Blind Watsons', i.e. you are swinging towards your rear wheel.
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§9.2.1.1 – Windup and follow through associated with normal shooting motion that
extends above the height of the opponent’s shoulders is not subject to a high sticking
penalty. **Wild swings **or blind backhanded swings that extend far behind a player are not
considered “normal shooting motion” and will be subject to a high sticking penalty at the
referee’s discretion according to proximity of other players.
Just for discussions sake.
yesterday I called you for this when you swung hard and hit Ed and therefore lost your mallet. I felt that as there were lots of players in a small area, your big swing was a ‘wild swing’ especially as you lost control of the mallet. I ignored your and Chris’ argument that Ed shouldn’t have been there (ie behind you) and therefore it was his fault that you hit him partly because I had already warned everyone for wild swings in close proximity. Seeing as the above rule gives the ref discretion to deem something a wild swing, AND there was a significant decrease in this kind of (dangerous as I see it) play after my call, in hindsight I stand by that decision...