Bounce Down: 1st Quarter: Start of Play (28 page)

Poster
 

Common expression for a kicked ball which hits a goal post,
resulting in a
behind
being scored rather than a
goal.

Premiership
 

Awarded to the winner of the Grand Final. See the
flag
.

Premiership quarter
 

A
colloquialism for the third
quarter
of a
match.

Prior opportunity
 

(Sometimes shortened to
prior
) a player who has had
the ball for long enough to make a reasonable attempt to dispose of
it before being tackled is said to have had prior opportunity. This
is important for
holding the
ball
decisions, where a player
who has had prior opportunity must dispose of the ball immediately,
while a player who has had "no prior" has a few extra seconds to
dispose of the ball.

Protected zone
 

An imaginary corridor 5 metres to
either side of a player who is taking a free kick, into which no
players from either team are permitted to be.

Q

Quarter
 

A
period of play. Each game is divided into four quarters of equal
length. Quarters in the AFL and other senior last 20 minutes
plus
time-on
.

Quarter-time
 

The
gap between the first and second
quarters
.

R

Rebound
 

The
act of moving the ball forward after winning it as the result of
a
turnover
in the defensive end of the ground.

Red
time
 

The final few minutes of playing
time in any quarter.

Reported
 

The
state of a player after an umpire has written their name into a
notebook, during play, for an act that may result in the player
being
suspended
.

Rookie
 

A player who is on an AFL club's
playing list, but who cannot play senior games unless replacing a
long-term injured or retired player.

Rotation
 

A
planned
interchange
designed to minimise fatigue of
midfielders
.

Rubbed out
 

Colloquialism for being
suspended
.

Ruck
 

(Or
ruckman
) a tall player who
contests the
ball-up
or
throw-in
.

Runner
 

A club official whose job is to
run onto the ground to give the players messages from the coach
during play.

Running bounce

(or
simply
bounce
) the act of a player bouncing the football on the
ground and back to himself while running, which must be done once
every fifteen metres.

Rushed behind
 

The concession of a behind for the
opposition team. A behind which is deemed to have been deliberately
rushed by a player under no pressure is penalised by a free kick,
but in all other circumstances it concedes one point.

S

Screamer
 

A
spectacular high
mark
, usually in a
contested situation. See
specky
.

Season
 

A year of a competition.

Set
Shot
 

An
attempt to kick a
goal
from a mark or a free kick. See
shot
.

Shepherd
 

A block placed on an opposing
player. This can be to stop him tackling a teammate in possession
of the ball, or attempting to gather it; to stop him intercepting a
ball heading for goal; or just to stop him possessing the ball
himself.

Shirtfront
 

An
aggressive front-on
bump
.

Shot
 

An
attempt to kick a
goal
.

Siren
 

A loud sound used to signal the
start and end of the game, and the start and end of each
quarter.

Sit
 

The
best position from which to take a
mark
.

Smother
 

The act of stopping a kick
immediately after it leaves the boot. Generally undertaken with the
hands or body.

Snap
 

A
shot at
goal
, usually executed under pressure from an unlikely
scoring position. It is almost invariably a kick across the body
(i.e., for a right footer, a kick aimed to far left) and typically
exaggerates the natural tendency of the ball to drift slightly
right to left from a right footer, and left to right from the left
footer.

Soccer
 

(Verb) to kick the ball off the ground,
i.e.
without
first taking the ball in the hands, as is the primary means of
disposal in the sport of soccer.

Specky
 

(Or
screamer
,
hanger
; also spelt
speccie
,
speckie
,
etc.
) short for "spectacular mark". Generally refers to
the act of leaping onto another player's back or shoulders to take
a high
mark
, usually in a contested situation.

Spell, to have a
 

To
be
interchanged
off the ground.

Spoil
 

A
punch or slap of the ball which hinders an opposition player from
taking a
mark
.

Substitute
 

An
interchange
player who cannot be freely
interchanged, but may be brought onto the ground to replace a
player for the rest of a game.

Suspended
 

The
state of a player who has been refused permission to play by a
legislated tribunal. See
reported
.

T

Tackle

The grabbing of an opposition
player in possession of the ball, in order to impede his progress
or to force him to dispose of the ball quickly.

Tagger
 

A defensive player whose task is
to prevent an opposition midfielder from having an impact on the
game.

Tap
 

See
hitout.

Term
 

Colloquialism for
quarter.

Three-quarter-time
 

The
break between the third and fourth
quarters.

Throw
 

An
illegal
disposal
of a ball by hand. Will result in
a
free kick
to the opposition.

Throw-in
 

See
boundary
throw-in.

Time-on
 

Tme
added onto the end of each quarter to compensate for time lost
during general play by stoppages. The amount of time to be added on
is determined by independent time-keepers who stop the game clock
when indicated by the
central
umpires.

Touch
 

Colloquialism for
possession
or
disposal.

Touched
 

Indicates that a ball was touched by another player after
being kicked; such a kick cannot result in a
mark
, a
goal
, or an
out on the
full
free kick.

Trip
 

A
low tackle
which will result in a
free kick
t
o the opposition.
Furthermore, tripping or attempting to trip an opponent with the
foot or leg will lead to a player being
reported
.

Turnover
 

The loss of possession of the ball
to the opposition.

U

Uncontested possession
 

A
possession
achieved without having to engage in
a
contest
.

Utility
 

A
player adept at playing several non-
key position
roles.

W

Wing
 

An
indicative area of the ground that lies between the forward and
back
flanks
on both sides of the
centre
. There are only two
on the ground.

Wooden spoon

The
mock "award" said to be received by the team finished last on
the
ladder
at the end of a season.

Z

Zone
 

A defensive arrangement of players
on a section of the ground, designed to stifle the forward movement
of the ball by the opposition.

Zone off
 

The
act of a defender leaving some space between himself and his
opponent. This is contrary to the normal defensive style of
man-on-man
.