Transcript Central Pennsylvania Lacrosse Officials Association (CPLOA)

Central Pennsylvania Lacrosse
Officials Association
(CPLOA)
Officials Training
Rule 5 – Personal Fouls
Rule 6 – Technical Fouls
Rule 7- Penalty Enforcement
Rule 5 - Personal Fouls
• Violations of a serious nature
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Cross check
Illegal body check
Illegal crosse
Use of illegal equipment
Slashing
Tripping
Unnecessary roughness
Unsportsmanlike conduct
• Penalty time
– 1 – 3 minutes
• Depends on official’s judgment of
– Severity
– Perceived intent
Cross check
• Applying a check with the crosse
– Thrusting
– Holding away from body
– Crosse between hands
• If hands are together, not a cross check
Illegal body check
• Bodychecking is a part of the game
• Bodychecking illegal when:
– Body check when opponent
• Not possess ball, or
• Not within 5 yards of loose ball
– From rear, below waist, above shoulders
• If player turns, not illegal
• Judge initial contact
– Body check when opponent on ground
• When anything other than feet touching ground
– Avoidable body check after
• Pass or shot
• Turning
– Spearing
• Minimum 1 minute, non-releasable (3 min. if vicious)
Illegal crosse
• One or three minute non releasable
– Deep pocket
• 1 min. non releasable
– Altered crosse
• Length, head dimension, etc.
• 3 min. non releasable
• Stick remains at table
– Player adjusts crosse (for stick check)
• 1 minute non releasable - automatic
• Additional 1-3 min. NR if crosse is illegal
Illegal equipment
• Fingers and palms of gloves
– If cut, illegal (1 min. NR)
– If holes worn, instruct to tape the holes
• Not wearing shoulder pads, arm pads
– 1 minute NR
– Does not apply to goalie
• Goalie has option to not wear these pads
• Goalie must wear
– Throat protector
– Chest protector
Slashing
• Swinging the crosse
– Deliberate viciousness and reckless abandon
– Player need not be struck
• Striking a player
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Head (helmet)
Neck
Back (flank)
Chest (stomach)
Arms (when not playing the crosse)
• Unless used to deflect stick check
• Cannot deliberately beat on the arm
• 3rd hit – flag down, slash
– Legs (always)
• Pass, shot, scoop
– Not a slash
Tripping
• Obstruct a player below the waist
with (causing to fall down)
– Legs, crosse, hands, etc.
– Must be positive primary action
• When standing
– Any secondary action
• When not standing
• Not tripping if
– Trip over own crosse being checked
– During a scoop
Unnecessary roughness
• Excessively violent push or hold
• Violent contact of a screener
• Excessively violent contact which is
avoidable
– May have been otherwise legal
• Check delivered with punching blow
• UNR is not fighting
– Fighting is not related to the game of
lacrosse
Unsportsmanlike conduct
• 1 Arguing with an official*
• 2 Threaten, profane, obscene*
– Language
– Gestures
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3 Bait, call undue attention to self*
Repeatedly commit same Technical foul
Deliberately fail to return to field
Deliberately fail to substitute properly
*Note: fouls in red (1, 2, & 3) are 1-3 min and are
Non-Releaseable
Fouling out
• 5 personal fouls
– Disqualified
– Time served by self
• Substitute may enter after time
served
– Man-down time is complete
Ejection
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Deliberately striking or attempting to strike
Leaving bench during an altercation
Use of tobacco (any kind)
Second non-releasable foul
Flagrant conduct
– In official’s judgment
• Penalty
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3 min. NR
Ejection for remainder of game
Ejected coach leaves premises
Ejected player leaves premises if supervised
Rule 6 - Technical fouls
• Violations of a less serious nature
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Crease violation
Goalie interference
Holding
Illegal screening
Illegal procedure
Conduct foul
Interference
Offside
Pushing
Stalling
Warding off
Withholding
• Penalty time
– 30 seconds (releasable), or
– turnover
Crease violation
• Attacking team violates the crease
– Player steps on crease line or in crease
• Defense enters own crease with ball
– Defense may receive a pass in the crease
• A player may never enter opponents
crease
• A player may enter own crease
– Unless possesses the ball
• May receive pass in the crease
Goalie interference
• Obstructing or touching the goalie while in the crease
– Goalie’s stick may not be touched inside the crease
– Goalie’s body may not be touched if he is in the crease
– Goalie’s stick may be checked outside of the crease
• Unless he has possession and he is in the crease
– If a toenail is in the crease, he is in the crease
– He is out when nothing is in the crease
– He has possession when he has the ball
» i.e., a “clamp” is not possession
• Goalie does not have possession
– Play on (slow whistle)
– Award laterally if his team does not gain possession
• Goalie has possession
– Play on (slow whistle)
– Award at center faceoff X if they fail to clear
Holding
• Holding is
– NOT NECESSARILY AN ILLEGAL ACT
– Definition: Impeding movement of player or his crosse
– Permitted when
• From front or side, if
– Opponent has possession
– Opponent within 5 yards of loose ball
• From rear, if
– No more than equal pressure applied
• Must be closed hand, shoulder, forearm, both hands on
crosse
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Handle between hands
Step on crosse
From behind if more than equal pressure exerted
Free hand (hand not on crosse)
Illegal screening
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Block a defensive player
Impede a player with the crosse
Offensive player must be stationary
There must be contact for a screen to
take place
– Officiate just like basketball
– No contact, no foul
Illegal procedure
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Technical in nature (long list)
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Touching the ball
Illegal actions with the crosse
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Throwing the crosse
Participating without the crosse
Crosse in face of opponent
Avoidable lateness
Leaving penalty box too soon
Delaying game
Participating from out of bounds
Not in restraining area at face off
Not 5 yards away
Substitution infractions
Goal-crease violations
Time out violations
More than 10 players
More than 1 unsuccessful inspection requests
More than 4 long crosses
Creating delay (rolling ball away)
Failure to advance into goal area in 10 seconds
No horn
Conduct foul
• Coach enters field of play
• Coach violating coaching box
• Using electronic communicating
devices
• Players violating bench area
• Objecting to an official’s decision
– Arguing, gesturing
• On opponent’s side of the field
– Band, other artificial noise
Interference
• Obstructing free movement of
opponent who
– Does not have possession
– Not within 5 yards of loose ball
Offside
• Failure to keep
– 3 players on attack half of field
– 4 players on defense half of field
• Usually 3 + goalie
• If goalie goes across, another player must
stay
– Requirements may be met by ANY player
• We don’t care if it is A, M, D, or G
Pushing
• Pushing defined
– Thrust or shove
• Not a violent blow
• Permitted from front or side
– If player
• has ball or
• within 5 yards of loose ball
• Not permitted
– From rear
– If player does not have ball
– Player not within 5 yards of loose ball
• Interference
• Illegal screen
Stalling
• Stall warning for
– Failure to attack the goal (occasional)
– Last two minutes of game (common)
• Team that is ahead
– Must keep ball in attack box
• Stalling violation if
– Attacking team
• Passes ball out of box
• Runs ball out of box
• Not stalling violation if
– Shot ricochets out of box
– Deflection by defense
Warding off
• Player in possession shall not
– Use free hand, arm, other part of body to
• Hold, push, control direction of movement of
– crosse
– body
» Of player applying a check
• Player in possession may
– Protect his crosse with
• Hand, arm, other part of body when
– Opponent makes a play to check his crosse
Withholding ball from play
• Player may not
– Lie on the ball
– Trap the ball with his crosse
• Longer than is necessary to control and pick it
up
– Withhold ball in any other manner
Penalty Decision Tree
Foul Occurs
Technical
Personal
Flag down
slow whistle
LOOSE Ball?
1 – 3 min
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Releasable
Non Releasable
B Fouls
A Fouls
NO FLAG
No Whistle
PLAY ON
30 Sec
Simultaneous
Unsportmanslike Conduct
Spearing
Illegal Crosse
Illegal Equipment
Fighting
A Scores
Cancel Foul
Take Ball
Away
Permit Offended
Team to Gain
Possession
Rule 7 – Penalty Enforcement
• Procedure
– Penalty time
• Player shall
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Leave field at once
Report to scorer’s table
Remain at scorer’s table
Sit or kneel in front of scorer’s table
• If goalie
– 1 minute allowed to warm up new goalie
Penalty time
• Time begins when play resumes
• If goal scored
– Team scored against, released (if releasable)
– Team scored, not released
• All NR penalties serve full time
• If not released, carries over to new period
• Penalties on opposing players
– Shorter time is NR for both players
• Multiple penalties
– NR served first
Resuming play
• Resume play at
– Spot ball became dead
• Outside the attack box
– At center face off X (if defensive half)
• For time-serving penalties only
Team penalties
• No definite player involved
• No player in the game
– “In-home” must serve
– Next attack also for multiple fouls
• A substitute must serve his own time
Simultaneous fouls
• Opposing players
– During a live ball
– Dead ball when sequence not known
• Technical fouls cancel if
– No flag down or play on
• Team in possession commits
– Technical, no time served
– Personal fouls, time served
• Award ball
– Less total penalty time
– If same total penalty time
• Team in possession retains possession
• No possession, AP
Slow whistle
“Flag Down”
• Foul against team in possession
– Drop flag
• Yell “flag down”
• Hold whistle (allow play to continue)
– Blow whistle when
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Ball hits the ground (except a shot)
Goal scored
Ball goes out of bounds
Defense get possession
Shot is no good
Player carries ball out of goal area
Player loses equipment in scrimmage area
Loose ball occurs
Attack commits foul
Fail to clear
After slow whistle
• Enforcement after slow whistle
– Personal foul
• Time is served (1-3 minutes)
– Technical foul
• If goal scored
– No penalty
• If no goal
– Penalty served (30 seconds)
• Ball awarded to team fouled
– Spot of ball when play suspended
• Outside box
• If there were simultaneous fouls
– No goal
Play on
• Loose ball
– If offended team is disadvantaged by whistle
• Hold whistle (allow play to continue)
• Verbally signal “play on” and
• Visually give “play-on” signal
– Play on is over if
• Offended team gains possession
• Offended team commits
– For crease violation with goalie possession
• Play continues until offended team is disadvantaged
Play-on enforcement
• Offended player gains possession
– No whistle
– Play continues
• Offended player fails to gain
possession
– Blow whistle, award ball to team offended
• Goalie in possession
– Play on until goalie makes outlet
Correction of errors
• Misapplication of rule
– Coach may approach scorer’s table
– Double horn at next dead ball
• If coach is right, no time out charged
• If coach is wrong, time out charged
• Coach may not debate judgment calls
• Inadvertent whistle
– Team in possession restarts
– If ball loose, AP
• Inadvertent flag
– Wave flag
– Possession same as inadvertent whistle