Obstruction of a player not in possession of the ball

Your arms may be outstretched when you are a marking a player off the ball if you are trying to:

• catch, deflect or intercept a pass
• obtain a rebound from an unsuccessful shot at goal
• momentarily signal for a pass or indicate the intended direction of movement

Under any other circumstances outstretched arms when marking a player will be classed as obstruction and the offending player will be penalised.