Substitutions

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SubstitutionsOffsides RulesFebruary 2008
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Agenda

• Review Rules and Mechanics for Substitutions and
  Offsides
• Answer play situations associated to the rules
• Open discussion

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Substitutions

• Rules 4-22 thru 4-26
• Two types of Substitutions
• Regular during dead ball
• Special during live ball on the fly
• General principles
• All players must enter the field ready to play,
  must be properly equipped
• Must enter and exit through the table area
• Must enter the field immediately, no delays
• No subs allowed during
• Ball OB over end line
• Violations loose ball technical fouls
• Equipment violations
• Inadvertent whistles

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Substitutions continued

• Regular Subs (dead ball)
• Allowed during most dead ball situations
• Charged team timeout
• After a goal
• Time-serving penalty enforcement
• Ball OB on side line
• Blood on players
• Special subs on the fly
• Basically can happen almost at any time (except
  officials timeout for equipment violation)
• One-for-one
• Cant hang out in the table area, sub must be
  imminent (example dont allow before/during
  faceoff)
• Must wait for exiting player to leave the field
• Must yield to the players exiting the field

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Substitution Mechanics

• Who is responsible for subs ?
• Both officials. Trail has better look in settled
  situations looking across the field or behind.
  Caution dont look behind and miss contact in
  your area.
• Settled situations count players
• During allowable dead-ball substitution time
• Two hands over head if subs allowed all
  officials
• One hand if no subs allowed communicate No
  Horn if needed
• Request for horn (not necessary to be sounded)
• Wait a few seconds, if no request, restart
• If they want a horn - turn on beeper 20 seconds
  to complete
• Count players before restart
• Pre-game decide who counts each team
• R counts home team, U counts away
• Except faceoff off official can count both
  teams

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OffsidesRules 4-10 thru 4-13

• General
• Teams must have 3 players in attack area and 4
  players in the defensive half at all times
• Exception team with 4 players in penalty area.
• No players are restricted to any area of the
  field
• A player may go OB rather than offside and not be
  penalized, if he returns to the proper side
  without delay
• A player can only be offside once during a single
  play
• If offsides happens as result of
• Legal contact technical foul for offsides
• Illegal contact assess foul for illegal contact
  and whistle play dead for offsides
• Usually seen at mid-field
• Offsides is a technical foul
• Loose ball play-on
• Ball in possession
• Either flag-down slow whistle if by B
• If on A, stop play immediately and award ball to
  B

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Offsides Mechanics

• Trail officials responsibility
• Woods theory offsides can be heard or smelled
  before visualized
• Goalie or long pole takes off on a clear
• Middie back !!!
• Listen to the bench area
• Listen to other players
• US Lacrosse recommendation count players going
  across mid-field
• How many allowed ?
• 3 for each team
• Difficulties players can cross while goalie has
  possession, defensive team can ride, new trail
  official can be focused on the clearing play
• Recommendation count 7 players (4 and 3) as
  youre trailing the play moving up the defensive
  area.

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Plays

• After assessing a time-serving penalty, horn
  sounds and beepers are started. After 20 seconds
  beepers go off and
• a) Team A has 11 players on the field
• b) Team B has 8 players on the field
• Ruling a) technical foul, delay of game, team B
  awarded the ball and A must remove one player
  before restart, b) tough call tell team B they
  can have one more player. Comment dont let
  teams play with less players than they are
  allowed before restarting, especially man-down.
  Emphasis count players before restart !!!
• A1 shoots, goalie makes save, A2 and goalie chase
  to the endline behind the crease. A2 is closest
  and is awarded possession. Team A or B coach
  requests a horn to sub.
• Ruling Substitution not allowed. Goalie is
  given 5 seconds on a legitimate chase to re-enter
  the crease. Mechanics ?
• Team A, on a clear and subbing on the fly, Long
  pole A4 passes to A11, a delayed incoming sub, as
  he exits the table area and creates a fast break.
  Ruling ?
• Unsportsmanlike conduct by A, stop play. Rule
  5-9-1-f. Assess 1 to 3 minutes by rule
  releasable recommendation - 1 minute, scale up
  if repeated.

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Plays

• A in possession. B1 goes offside, trail official
  throws flag and plays slow whistle. B1 returns
  onside, then decides to go offside again and play
  man-up during the slow whistle. A5 shoots and
  a) scores or b) ball goes OB with B8 being
  closest to the ball. Ruling ?
• a) goal counts and B1s technical foul is wiped
  by the goal. b) B1 has committed ONE technical
  foul. B1 serves 30 seconds and A is awarded ball
  outside the goal area.
• A loose ball is rolling toward the mid-line.
  Team A and B players are maneuvering for
  position.
• a) B10 steps over the mid-line then gets pushed
  offside.
• b) A5 contacts B2 from the side and the contact
  causes B2 to go offside.
• c) A1 and B2 step offside simultaneously.
• Ruling a) B10 is offside, play-on until the
  push occurs, kill play and award ball to A, b)
  legal contact assuming ball is within 5 yards
  when the contact occurs, play-on and if A does
  not quickly gain possession, award ball to A. c)
  Award ball according to alternate possession
  rules. Comment - should be a very rare occasion.
  

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Plays

• Team A is clearing the ball in Bs defensive
  area. A1, A2, and A3 are the only A players in
  their offensive end. Which of the following is
  offsides ?
• a) A1 steps on the midline
• b) A1 is about to step over the midline but runs
  OB then immediately returns to his goal area
• c) A1 leaves the field through the table area and
  after 2 seconds is replaced by A4
• Ruling None of them are offsides, all are
  legal.
• A is attacking. A5 shoots and scores. After the
  goal the trail realizes that a) A2 is offsides or
  b) B has 8 players in their defensive area or c)
  both A and B are offsides.
• Ruling a) goal not allowed, ball awarded to B.
  b) technical foul on B for either too many
  players on the field or offsides. Goal counts,
  foul is wiped out by the goal. c) simultaneous
  fouls, goal not allowed. A is awarded possession
  outside the goal area. (rule 7-6-4) Mechanics on
  all situations ?