1. Central PA Lacrosse Officials Penalty Administration
March 11, 2010

2. Agenda Review Rules for Penalty Admin Discuss Penalty Admin situations
Review Play situations

3. Penalty Flow Chart Foul Technical Personal Ball in possession Loose
Flag down, slow whistle
or stop play immediately
Flag down, slow whistle
or stop play immediately
Ball in
possession
Loose
Ball
Time Serving
1-3 mins
If foul by B
slow whistle
If foul by A
Wait 2-3-4
seconds
Time
Serving
30 secs
Take the
ball away
Play-on
or award
Possession
Releasable
Non-releasable
Foul cancelled
If goal scored
1. Simultaneous fouls
2. Unsportsmanlike conduct
3. Spearing
4. Illegal sticks
Non-release
only if
simultaneous

4. PENALTY ADMINISTRATION
General Principles :
Two types of fouls – personal and technical
Rules 5 and 6
Personal fouls - more severe – always time-serving
Technical fouls – less severe – time-serving only if ball in possession and committed by B
Otherwise – play-on
Time-serving released when full time-served or goal scored by team up (all releasable fouls by the team scored on)
Non-releasable fouls :
Simultaneous
Unsportsmanlike Conduct – Rule a thru c, d thru f are releasable
Spearing
Illegal sticks
No rule book support for making single Personal fouls non-releasable (other than above)
More severe – ability to scale up to 2 or 3 minutes
Also no support for making a single action 2 fouls

5. PENALTY ADMINISTRATION
Any contact fouls must be called and administered as Unnecessary Roughness or Illegal Body Checks
Contact fouls CANNOT be called UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT (USC)
Rule 5-9 – definition of USC
Arguing with an official or attempting to influence
Threatening, profane, obscene language or gestures
Call undue attention to oneself
Distinction between Personal fouls and USC
2 non-releasable USC’s = ejection
5 Personals = ejection

6. PENALTY ADMINISTRATION
Penalty time extends into next period if longer than time left in quarter
Includes overtime
If ball in possession at end of quarter, stays with same team in same position on field
Applies to both man up and man down teams – as long as ball is in possession
Simultaneous fouls – fouls by opponents during live or dead ball (sequence can’t be determined)
Technical fouls cancel, team entitled to possession is awarded the ball
Team in possession – commits only technical fouls – no time served
Penalty time equal – team entitled to possession gets the ball (flag down situation)
Loose ball – award possession AP
Team with less time awarded ball
Releasable vs Non-releasable
Non-releasable time served first, then releasable

7. PENALTY ADMINISTRATION
Player releasing early from penalty
Additional technical foul, plus remainder of original foul (30 seconds or turnover)
No foul if released by table area
Goalies serve their own fouls
Team permitted 1 minute to warm-up new goalie
Must have a properly equipped goalie on field at all times
Penalties on coaches or no specific player are served by in-home
If in-home is serving, go to next listed attack in book
Pre-game duties and scorebook, make sure book matches the coaches designated in-home
Running clock (second half only) – penalty time-serving is the same, not extended
Goals scored by opponents of team committing technical fouls are cancelled by the goal.
Personal fouls are always enforced.

8. PENALTY ADMIN MECHANICS
Flag-down, slow whistle:
Used when team in possession gets fouled
Used on most fouls
Idea – don’t take advantage away from team with ball
Slow-whistle technique:
Throw flag straight up
Announce “flag down”
Slow whistle ends when:
Goal is scored or shot that doesn’t score
Ball becomes loose or B gains possession
Ball leaves Zone 4 – attack box
Injury or player loses required equipment
Team in possession commits a technical foul
Play-on !
Used during loose ball technical fouls
If possession gained by offended team – point in direction of the play and yell “Blue ball” or “White ball” and allow play to continue
Also used for goalie interference

9. Play Situations
A1 has possession behind the crease. At the top corner of Zone 4, A2 and B2 get their sticks up and threaten eachother.
Ruling – flag-down, immediate whistle. A2 and B2 both serve 1 minute unnecessary roughness personal fouls, non-releasable because they are simultaneous.
A1 has possession in Zone 3 with a flag-down slow whistle, B2 was offsides. A1 enters Zone 4 and starts subbing. Incoming sub A2 runs side-by-side by B5 and a) A2 slashes B5, or b) A2 slashes B5 and B5 retaliates and slashes A2.
Ruling – a) Immediate whistle, B2 serves 30 seconds for offsides, A2 serves 1 minute, team B awarded ball at mid-field. The first 30 seconds are non-releasable. b) Immediate whistle, B2 serves 30 seconds, B5 and A2 serve 1 minute. The first 30 seconds for all 3 players are non-releasable, A awarded ball due to less penalty time outside of Zone 4 where ball was when play was stopped.
B1 commits interference in front of the crease. The foul is enforced, before the play is restarted A3 tells the official it’s about time he made that call because he’s missed it all game.
Ruling – B1 serves 30 seconds for interference, B is awarded the ball because A3 committed a conduct foul (technical).
A is playing man-up at the end of a quarter, loose ball push, play-on. The quarter ends as the whistle blows to end the play-on.
Ruling – Play-on signifies possession, the offended team gets the ball to start the next quarter
A1 has the ball and is running toward the goal in the box. A1 shoots, B2 throws his stick at the ball. The ball goes into the net. After the goal A1 tells B2 “Nice try but I scored anyway.
Ruling – slow whistle, B1 and A1 penalized 1 minute each for USC, no faceoff, B ball at X.

10. Play Situations
T or F – the penalty for stalling is a one minute personal foul.
T or F – taunting of an opposing player is not permitted after scoring a goal.
T or F – when teams are assessed simultaneous fouls the lesser amount of time served is non-releasable and that team is awarded the ball.