I have also talked about this before. The soccer I am familiar with does not require the capability to resist pushing applied to you beyond the shoulder to shoulder contact, and I do not know how one could generate enough force to make the other person fall or lose balance if it is truly just shoulder to shoulder contact. To me it is all about the skills and not even a little bit about body strength and stability against challenging forces applied by other players. Unfortunately, it seems like some referees allow such force applications and thereby killing true soccer talents affected by that. And although there could be a difference on this, I also do not see a place in soccer for extending to the side the hand intentionally for preventing the other player from getting to the ball.
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For that arm extending thing, it seems like a technical rule can be made to solve a big part of the issue, and that rule is not to allow such extending if the underarm angle is over 45 degrees.
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