ROLL  BALL  OR  PENALTY?

One of the first things a new Touch referee has to get to grips with is when to give a roll ball and when to give a penalty.

There are seven situations which result in a roll ball and ten situations which result in a penalty.

ROLLBALL

Change of possession - play starts with a rollball:
  1. Ball is dropped
  2. Ball carrier steps on or over the sideline
  3. Tap is performed incorrectly
  4. Rollball is performed incorrectly
  5. Half puts ball on or over the scoreline
  6. 6th Touch occurs
  7. Half is touched

PENALTY

These are the situations which result in a penalty:
  1. Forward Pass
  2. Incorrect Substitution
  3. Misconduct
  4. Offside
  5. Phantom Touch
  6. Touch & Pass
  7. Obstruction 
  8. Over-physical Touch
  9. Overstepping the mark
  10. Voluntary Rollball

  • With penalties the non-offending team restarts with a tap at the mark indicated by the referee
  • The defending team retires 10 metres from the mark

REFEREE  SCORECARD

This is an unofficial referee scorecard produced for Cyffwrdd Emlyn Touch.  Feel free to download and use it if you wish.  If would like to suggest an improvement, please get in contact.

FIT  PLAYING  RULES , 4th  edition, 2012

Download the most up-to-date Touch rulebook from the Federation of International Touch

EUROPEAN  FEDERATION  OF  TOUCH  (EFT)

EFT is the governing body responsible for the sport of Touch in Europe.  On their website there are a number of documents and resources, as well as course information available herae.

ATOMIC  TOUCH

Atomic Touch, codified in 2012, is a multi-directional game that takes elements of Touch, Rugby, Basketball and Netball and mixes them together to produce a dynamic, exciting game that can be played indoors.  Here are two slideshows that show the basic rules and how to effectively referee a game.