Search Forum Home   Discussions  Ask the Ref Doctor  Redirected hit ...  Redirected hit to the head with JSR    4/29/2006 7:33:08 AM Joe 25 posts Redirected hit to the head with JSR Doc, I'd like your opinion when JSR is in effect on situations where a strong kick roundhouse or side kick skips off the upper 1/3rd of the hogu and finishes with a hard blow to the head or kneck. What are my options for calls here. I'm seeing much more of this lately and I would appreciate a second perpective. Joe  4/29/2006 8:13:55 AM bckwh 104 posts Re: Redirected hit to the head with JSR Mr. Aguon, thanks for visiting with the Ref Doc. Yours is a very insightful question that refers to situations that are becoming more and more common in ages covered by the Junior Safety Rules. Here is the Doc's take on your question... If a kick is directed to the hogoo and, because of the momentum of the competitor receiving the kick, the attacker's foot is pushed up to the face area, no penalty should be assessed. A verbal warning to keep the kick down could be given to make sure that the competitor realizes that the Referee witnessed the inadvertent contact to the head. If, on the other hand, a competitor attacks the hogoo, then follows up with a clear foot attack to the face, a penalty must be assessed without giving a verbal warning. This constitutes an attack to the face/head. The key to determining whether to award a penalty or a verbal warning is this- Was the initial contact directed to the hogoo? Did some other factor contribute to the kick moving up the hogoo to the face area? Was the contributing cause of the kick moving to the face area made by the attacker or the person being attacked? As a matter of personal preference, I believe in erring on the side of the safety of the attacked competitor. I like to continue to talk to competitors during the match, before their actions result in a penalty or an injury. By talking to the competitors, I mean saying things like "Watch your kicks to the head," or "Keep your kicks to the body," or something similar, again BEFORE a kick to the face occurs. The idea is to prevent a head kick from occurring, and by establishing intent should face contact occur (since I have been talking to the competitors to keep their kicks down during the progress of the match). Addressing another area, the case in which a strong kick to the hogoo slides up to the face area and causes an injury. The proper thing to do would be to give the one minute injury timeout to allow the attacked competitor to recover. Important to remember- If the attacked/injured competitor cannot continue as the result of the inadvertent contact to the face area, that competitor will be declared the loser if he/she cannot continue after the one minute injury timeout. A kyungo penalty does not need to be assessed beause the attack was deemed to be directed to the hogoo, not directed at the facial area. We know that, if the attack is directed to the facial area and results in an injury, a full-point deduction or a disqualification are the only options for the Referee. Enforcing Junior Safety Rules requires constant monitoring by the Referee, constant mental review of what is being seen and how to interpret the actions of both competitors, and wisdom in making the proper calls. The payoff is the safe competitive field for both competitors where neither competitor has to fear for their safety. Junior Safety Rules help to encourage participation of our young athletes in our sport Taekwondo. If used and enforced properly, JSR will help us to identify and develop young athletes in the Taekwondo competition pipeline. At the very least, it allows for all children covered by the JSR a safe competition free from fear of injury. ~BHarris  Page 1 of 1   Discussions  Ask the Ref Doctor  Redirected hit ... Flat View Tree View Oldest To Newest Newest To Oldest