WHere is "the pocket" exactly...?

Question

WHere is "the pocket" exactly...?

Answer 1

Where Wilko stood when he scored the drop kick goal  to win England the RWC..........where the feck the Aussies were not to read that one coming, I don't know, when he was infamous for this type of play!

Answer 2

the pocket is either the left or right side of an attacking scrum

Answer 3

In the Hole

Answer 4

The pocket is the zone behind the ruck normally in the middle of the field, within the reach of the scrum halfs direct throw and a drop kick range of the kicker. Normally this would be well inside the 10 to 22 lines.

Hope it helps.

Answer 5

The pocket is the name for a position on the field that a flyhalf (number 10) stands in when he wants to attempt a drop goal. The flyhalf will usually stand in that position only if his team is about to win the ball from a ruck or a scrum, so that the opposition players are forced to retreat behind the offside line.

With the opposition players further back behind the offside line, the flyhalf will drop back an extra 5-10 meters from where he usually receives the ball, and a few meters closer to the ruck/scrum. This will be on the same side of the ruck/scrum as the posts he's kicking to. He does this to give himself more time to set up the kick, and to avoid opposition players charging his kick down. However, when the opposition sees the flyhalf dropping back into the pocket, they usually know he's going for a drop goal and line up to charge him down.

The pocket, to sum up, is therefore just an unofficial spot, somewhere about 10-15 meters back from the ruck/scrum and slightly to the left or right, depending on which side of the field the ruck/scrum is on.

Answer 6

if ur talkin about football its between the two tackles on the line

Answer 7

And the need for a pocket on the field is??

It could be anywhere on the field but in all honesty, who still uses that term.

Answer 8

Think of it as a sort of comfort zone: where a kicker (more often assosciated with drop-kickers), gets well behind a platform set up by his forwards that allows him time and space to measure up the target in front of him with lesser pressure than if he were on the gain-line.

It's not so much about being in a fixed field postion, but a reasonably comfortable situation to slot it away.

Answer 9

I assume you are talking about the pocket that a kicker will slip back into when clearing the ball into touch or going for a drop goal?

The pocket is not a specific measurable distance. It is basically a position where the opposition defenders will not be able to reach the kicker in time before he kicks it.

I'd say rougly 10-15 metres behind the ruck, maul or scrum.

Answer 10

i dunno- but when my team is playing.... especially in 7's where there is more movement in a line offensively, i usually call, "pocket" to tell the ball handler that i'm right behind her and read for a pass to break off for a switch... that i'm ready for an off-load during a tackle.  theres so much more switching and looping in 7's that its even more important to keep talking about where you are and where you're going.