Intentional Foot Fault

[esdubya]

Originally Posted by eegor

Most guys that call foot faults are d***heads.

Here is that negative stigma I was talking about..

I could not disagree more with you on this. If you threw with an illegal stance and get called on it. It's YOUR fault, not the person calling it.

[Brall]

Originally Posted by Smigles

just end the discussion by making every foot foul give a penalty stroke. Why warn anyway ?

good point

why is there a warning?

it makes more sense to me to just get penalized. then you don't have to worry about abuse to the rule, and you wonder 'if' the player has already gotten a warning today or not...

(i apologize if this was already answered. i read the entire thread but may have missed it betwixt the arguing)

[smyith]

i wonder if they TD announced the faults and warned everyone at the Players meeting if that would mean that any infraction would be a stroke and there would be no other warnings.

i know that the main topic has been putting foot faults, but what about off the tee or on upshots? would you want those to be insta penalty? or those remaining warning first? whats the difference really.

[esdubya]

"Foot fault within the 10M circle is one penalty stroke with no warning. All other foot faults get one warning. "

Seems like that would suffice..

[ezyrider]

I had this exact scenario occur during a recent local mini. The offending player missed his putt and was called for a valid foot fault by another individual on our card. The player essentially received a mulligan and made his second putt. I thought it was a nice gesture allowing the second putt to be taken. Although, I would have felt differently had the putt been worth money in the mini. Interesting rule that I hadn't seen applied before, especially after a missed put. It would be a totally different scenario had the call been over a made putt. At the end of the day, a miss is a miss and should be scored accordingly.

[bradharris]

Originally Posted by smyith

i wonder if they TD announced the faults and warned everyone at the Players meeting if that would mean that any infraction would be a stroke and there would be no other warnings.

i know that the main topic has been putting foot faults, but what about off the tee or on upshots? would you want those to be insta penalty? or those remaining warning first? whats the difference really.

I don't think it's like baseball where you can warn the benches and it applies to everyone. There must be a clear infraction to warrant an individual warning first.

I think warnings outside the circle are still fine. It's actually harder to intentionally fault because the fault has to occur prior to release. Once the disc is released you're allowed to cross your lie penalty free.

[John Rock]

If you FF in the 10m circle early in the round, then later FF outside the circle, do you get a warning for the second FF?

[atl scott]

I tend to agree that it would be nice to get rid of the warning. I am very careful not to foot fault and I think everyone can be. It most likely wouldn't get called except in egregious cases in which someone was either clearly trying to cheat or got a serious advantage from misplay.

[dkoz]

Never knew about the warning!!! One of the dumbest rules out there......Foot fault should cost you a stroke " no warning".

[bradharris]

Originally Posted by John Rock

If you FF in the 10m circle early in the round, then later FF outside the circle, do you get a warning for the second FF?

A player shall receive a warning for the first violation of a stance rule in the round. Subsequent violations of a stance rule in the same round shall incur a one-throw penalty

This doesn't seem to allow for one stance violation of each "type." One stance violation is a warning, any others are penalties.