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@Emyr
"No hooking above bar height"?
I think refs aren't paying enough attention to mallet-wheel interactions. Haydn dislocated his elbow at NvS because a mallet hooked his front wheel and I have two bruised wrists from something similar at throwins a week ago.
I believe it's the player's responsibility to control their own mallet and the ref's responsibility to call out such situations early (i.e when all it causes is a footdown) to avoid "edgy" play which eventually crosses the line and puts someone out.