Brilliant!! Clear concise and very important to the game being understood by all. Is there any chance you could do the same with what makes an obstruction in 1 on 1 situations.
What if attacker moves the ball but then doesn't really travel 5 yards but kinda stays in one position how long does defender need to wait before tackling ?
When a free hit is awarded within the 5m area and time is stopped, why must the defender move back 5m and not wait on the edge of the cicle? Please mention the rule number from the FIH rule book in your answer.
There is no Rule requirement that when a free ball is taken outside the hasrh circle all defenders must move clear of the intended run path of a player taking a self-pass. This appears to have been an 'interpretation' invented by umpires (probably originating from an umpire manager) so it had no authority whatsoever. I use the past tense because this 'interpretation' has not been applied for at least two years, having been allowed to fade away.
Stating that defenders must not retreat in the direction in which a Self-pass taker wants to go (because that is influencing the play of the taker) is not part of the Rule, it is an umpire interpretation of unknown origin and no authority whatsoever. To state that a defender cannot retreat to cut off a pass towards another attacker that the taker might make is an absurd addition to this ''interpretation'.
