Lax Rules for the Newly Initiated ”My daughter started playing this crazy game, and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on”

Terminology When you first start out as a lax parent, you might feel lost when your daughter is talking about it, as if trying to learn from these guys…

Terms You Might Hear Positions: Attack, midfield, defense, goalie Critical Scoring Area Restraining line Offsides The Draw Shooting space “Subbing on the fly”

Levels of Play Youth: High School: College: Elementary School (U6, U8, U10) Middle School (U12, U14) High School: Club TGHSLL (Varsity and JV) College: Club (A&M, UT, Baylor, Texas State, UH) NCAA (Southwestern University, Univ of Dallas) Post-Collegiate (HULC, St. Arnolds)

Field Lines – U12(and Up) Coach’s Area Coach’s Area Mid Field 12 m Fan 140 Yds Players’ Area Coach’s Area Scorer’s Table Coach’s Area Mid Field 70 Yds Hash Mark 12 m Fan 8 m Arc 10 -20 Yds Center Circle Restraining Lines 30 Yds

Positions – U12 (and up) Direction of Play Defense Attack midfield Center Goal Keeper midfield attack Defense

Time Factors & Scoring (Rule 4) High School: 25 minutes “stop-clock” Clock stops after goals, after every whistle in last 2 minutes of each half, for timeouts including officials’ timeouts Middle School: 25 minutes “running-clock” (unless coaches and umpires agree differently) Clock stops only after every whistle in last 2 minutes of each half, for time outs

Types of Fouls Minor Fouls (annoying) Major Fouls (safety) administrative/procedural fouls and miss-plays Major Fouls (safety) jeopardize safety of players (offensive / defensive fouls) Some major Fouls require that a card be issued Misconduct/suspension Goalie/goal circle fouls

Are these mouthguards legal?? Why not? Do any of your high school players currently play with a mouthguard like this? … 

Common Minor Fouls Empty Stick Check Body Ball – deliberately played with body. (does not include kicking ball) Covering – when a player covers the ball with her stick Warding (attack only) – uses arm/elbow to prevent check (get push to prevent ward)

Major Fouls Rough/dangerous check, or reach across body to check Check to the head (Automatic Yellow Card) Slash (Automatic Yellow Card) Holding / held check Dangerous Play (Automatic Yellow Card) Dangerous Propelling (Automatic Yellow Card) Dangerous Follow-Through (Automatic Yellow Card) Crosse in the sphere Initiate crosse to body contact

Major Fouls (cont’d) Use crosse in dangerous or intimidating manner Use webbed area of crosse to hook bottom of opponent’s crosseIllegal cradle Block, Charge, Push Obstruction of Free Space to Goal (“shooting space”) Three Seconds Detaining with arm, leg, body, or crosseForce her crosse through opposing crosse(s) so that her crosse contacts her body

Major Fouls (cont’d) Illegal Pick Tripping Moving before the whistle (“false start”) Dangerous Shot

Critical Scoring Area Mid Field 12 m Fan 8 m Arc Critical Scoring Area (inside 12m thru GLE to endline)

Team Fouls/Offsides A team may only have 7 (seven) players on or over the restraining line in their offensive end A team may only have 8 (eight) players on or over the restraining line in their defensive end (7 + goalie)

Example of not being Offside-Offense Direction of Play Defense Attack Attack Midfield Defense Defense midfield Goal Keeper Attack midfield Defense attack

Example of not being Offside-Deffense Direction of Play Attack Attack Defense Defense Midfield attack Goal Keeper midfield Defense Defense midfield Attack

Self Start (new for 2019) Self Start means that the player who got fouled does not have to wait for the referee’s whistle to restart play on most fouls that happen outside the Critical Scoring area.

Penalty zone (new for 2019) Any major foul inside the CSA that will result in a free position at one of the hash marks, the entire zone must be cleared

Questions??