[derbybaggie]

It’s a interesting one. At first I was thinking it would eliminate the high cross into the box similar to 5 a side where you don’t play above head height and all become rather one dimensional. However I’m guessing the over head height rule wouldn’t apply so the both defence and attack would have to wait until the balls drops down and they can volley or chest down and this could be quite interesting. In the early days there would possibly a lot of hand balls because players will be eager to intercept a dangerous ball dropping into the penalty area. Also the long ball over the top for the Shane Long type striker would increase as the standard headed defence won’t be allowed. The only significant advantage I can see is for goalie who will have no real challenge if the ball is too close to him/her.

Don’t see a problem with throw ins, even though at a young age I broke my shoulder and really struggled to carry out a legal one!