Bounce Down: 1st Quarter: Start of Play (26 page)

I whimpered, “Yes,” as I felt
his release pulsing through my body.

I was back at work on Monday
morning, typing away as my good friend, Peter Hampson (Hammer),
approached me. “What the hell?”

“
You like?”
He shook his head in obvious disbelief and continued to stare at my
face, or more specifically, my nose.

“
What have
you done and why?” He sat on his corner of my desk, waiting for my
explanation.

“
For a
detective, you’re not that cluey, are you? I would have thought the
answer to both questions would be obvious.”

I broke eye contact and turned
back to my computer screen, to give him the hint that I didn’t want
to talk. I knew it was hard to avoid a detective who wanted
answers, especially a Homicide detective.

In response, he simply spun my
swivel chair so that I was once again facing him. “So, this is what
you did on your annual leave? When did you decide this?”

“
I told Steve
about it. I’m sorry, I didn’t realise I had to inform the whole
squad!” I couldn’t keep my frustration at bay. It was none of his
business anyway. I decided to tell the Sergeant, Steve Jacobs,
about my operation, just in case I needed extra time off. Steve was
a good person to confide in; once you told Steve something, it was
in the vault.

He leaned closer. “I’m cluey
enough to know that you couldn’t possibly afford this, but I damn
well know who can, Brendon bloody MacIver.”

I clapped my hands slowly in
front of his face. “Very good, looks like you get to keep your day
job.”

I stood up to get away from his
probing interrogation, but he grasped my arm, halting my
escape.

“‘
How dare
you treat me like this? Let me go, now!” I gave him a hard stare to
let him know I was serious.

“
I’ll let go
when you tell me the truth, did he pay for this because
he
was the one who
wanted it?”

2
^nd
Quarter

“
Paying the
Penalty”

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GLOSSARY OF AUSTRALIAN RULES
FOOTBALL

(Source: Wikipedia)

This page is a
glossary of
Australian rules football
.
Australian rules football is a team sport played between two teams
of twenty-two players. The sport has several different names,
including football, footy and Aussie rules.

0-9

1-2
 

(Pronounced
one-two) an action where a player handpasses to a teammate, who
immediately handpasses back.

19th man
 

at
a time in the game before the
interchange
bench was
introduced in 1930, one reserve player was named in addition to the
18 players who started the game on the ground. These players could
enter the game only if one of the original 18 left the field and
did not return. This was also extended to the
20th man
when a
second reserve was introduced in 1946. Free interchange of the 19th
and 20th players has been allowed in the VFL since 1978.

A

AFL
 

Australian
Football League.
This acronym is
used colloquially as an alternative name for the sport when
distinguishing it from other football codes, particularly in
Queensland and New South Wales.

Angle
 

The geometric angle formed by an
imaginary line between a player taking a set shot and the centre of
the goals (on the goal line), and another imaginary line
perpendicular to the goal line. So, a player with "no angle" is
taking a kick from directly in front; a player on a "wide angle" is
taking a shot from near a boundary line.

Arena
 

The playing surface.

Assist
 

To
kick or handpass to a player who then scores either a
goal
(for a goal assist) or a
behind
(for a score
assist). The term is common across many world sports.

Australian Football
 

Name officially used by the AFL
for the sport.

B

Bag
 

Colloquialism for a large number
of goals scored by one player.

Ball-up

The
act of a field umpire putting the ball back into play, either by
throwing it vertically upwards into the air, or by bouncing the
ball in such a way that it mimics the throwing action. See
bounce-down
. A ball-up is required at the start of each quarter,
after a goal is scored or to restart the game from neutral
situations in the field of play.

Baulk
 

A manoeuvre where a player holds
the ball out to the side in one hand, then runs in the other
direction to evade a defender.

Behind
 

A score worth one point, earned by
putting the ball between a goal post and a behind post, or by the
ball hitting a goal post, or by the ball being touched prior to
passing between the goalposts.

Behind posts
 

Two
shorter vertical posts 19.2m apart on the
goal line
at each end
of the ground, centred about the taller
goal posts
.

Bench
 

The
interchange
area. The "bench" refers to the seat
used by the players in this area.

Best on ground
 

Player judged the best player
taking part in any game. Sometimes also referred to as BOG,
pronounced "bee-oh-gee”.

Bounce-down

(Or
simply
bounce
) the act of a field umpire putting the ball back
into play by bouncing the ball in such a way that it mimics a
vertical throw. See
ball-up
.

Boundary line
 

The line drawn on the ground to
delimit the field of play.

Boundary throw-in
 

(Or
simply Throw-in) the act of throwing the ball back into play by
the
boundary
umpire
. The boundary umpire
stands with his back to the arena and throws the ball backwards
over his head. This is used to restart play from neutral situations
whenever the ball goes out of bounds.

Boundary umpire
 

An
official who patrols the boundary line, indicating when it has
fully crossed the line, and who then executes a
boundary throw-in
to return the ball to play. There are typically two of these
umpires per game, one on each side of the
oval
, but there will
be four in top grade games.

Break
 

Short for "break in play"; e.g.
quarter-time
,
half-time
, or
three-quarter-time.

Brownlow
The
Brownlow Medal
is awarded the week of the Grand Final
to the player judged to be the best and fairest player in the
league for the season, based on accumulated votes awarded by the
field umpires at the conclusion of each match during the
season.

Bump
 

A
contact between players using the hip and/or shoulder. See
hip-and-shoulder
.

C

Central umpire
 

An
official who patrols the field of play, awarding free kicks,
indicating
time-on
and time-off, and restarting the game
after
stoppages
, goals
etc.

Centre
 

The middle of the ground, also the
name given to a player who starts the game in that position.

Centre bounce
 

The
bounce of the ball in the
centre
of the ground to
start a
quarter
, or after a
goal.

Centre square
 

A
fifty metre square drawn around the
centre
of the ground. Only
four players from each team may stand inside the centre square
prior to a
centre
bounce
, but the square otherwise
has no significance.

Clanger
 

A blatant, unforced error. Most
typically, this will be either conceding a free kick, or kicking or
handpassing the ball directly to an opponent.

Clearance
 

The clearing of the ball out of a
stoppage situation, to the advantage of one team or the other.

Cluster
 

A
type of zone defense consisting of a grid-like arrangement of
fifteen or more players, particularly used to oppose a
kick-in.

Coach
 

The manager of the team who
controls the team's tactics during a match.

Contest
 

An in-game scenario where two or
more players have an opportunity to win the ball.

Contested possession
 

A
possession
achieved as a result of winning
a
contest
.

Corkie
 

Colloquialism for a corked muscle,
which is a deep bruise, usually in the leg.

Corridor
 

The imaginary strip of the ground
that runs through the centre from goal to goal; a team who moves
the ball in this area is said to "play through the corridor”.

D

Designated kicker
 

a
player who is given the ball by another player who has a set shot
for goal, so that the receiving player may have a shot on the run
for a long-distance goal or a
supergoal
. Typically done
when the designated kicker is known to have a better likelihood of
scoring the goal than the player taking the set shot.

Disposal

Indicates that a player disposed of the ball legally by either
hand or foot. Synonymous with
possession
or
touch
.

Dribble goal
 

A
goal kicked using the
grubber
technique. It is
often utilised from the boundary line at a tight angle with players
manipulating the bounce of the ball to bend it through the
goals.

Drop kick
 

A
kick that is executed in such a way that the foot contacts the ball
at the same time as, or immediately after, it has been dropped to
the ground on its end. No longer in common use in AFL due to its
perceived inaccuracy. See
stab
pass
.

Drop punt

A kick that is executed by
contacting the ball on its end, so that it rotates around its
mid-point end over end. Usually considered the most accurate of
kicks, and is by far the most commonly used kicking style in
Australian rules football.

Dropping the ball
 

See
holding the
ball
.

E

Emergency umpire
 

A
qualified
field umpire
who sits on the
interchange bench
during a game. He can pay free kicks only for
interchange
infringements and may
report
players, and can
replace an injured or fatigued umpire.

End to end

Also,
slingshot
, a goal where the
ball is moved from one end of the field to the other in a short
amount of time.

F

Field umpire
 

See
central
umpire
.

Fifty
 

Short for "fifty-metre
penalty".

Fifty metre line
 

An
arc drawn at each end of the ground indicating that the distance
from the
goal line
is fifty metres.

Final siren
 

The
siren
that sounds to signal the end of the
game.

Finals
 

The
post-season series of games that decide the
premiership
.

Flag, the
 

Common expression for the
Premiership
, based upon the
practice of awarding a flag for winning the premiership.