Rule 7: Penalty Enforcement

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Procedure (7-1)
• Leave the field at once
• Report to the scorers table and serve penalty,
  returning through the table area
• Sit or kneel in front of scorers table in
  penalty area
• Goalkeeper penalty allow full one minute for
  warm-up NFHS only
• Scorekeeper Note Record penalty time in, player
  number, type of penalty, and duration.

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Penalty time (7-2)
• Penalty time begins when play is resumed (even
  for running penalty time in 2nd half with 12
  goal lead)
• Penalty time ends when
• Penalty time expires or
• Goal scored by opposing team for a releasable
  penalty
• Penalty time carries over into next period
  including sudden-victory
• When flag is dropped or whistle stops play until
  whistle resuming play
• Opposing team penalties lesser time is
  non-releasable
• Same amount of penalty time all non-releasable
• Non-releasable penalty time is always served
  first
• no conditions affecting penalty release shall be
  considered until the non-releasable time has
  expired (see 7.2.D p7322)

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Resuming play after penalty (7-3)
• Offended teams, offensive half award ball at
  spot where play was suspended or outside goal
  area
• Offended teams, defensive half award ball at
  center of field over the midline if no time
  served, award ball at spot where play was
  suspended or outside goal area
• Exceptions (12) Faceoff and Offsides (Rule 6-8
  page 61) award across midfield line start
  count on whistle resuming play
• (3) Live ball simultaneous foul - award at spot
  where play was suspended or outside goal area
• Team Penalties (7-4)
• Cannot identify person or someone other than
  player on the field in-home serves
• Multiple fouls (still no definite player)
  attack player whose name is closest to the
  in-home shall serve
• Penalty against a coach or substitute charged
  as his penalty in home serves

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Dead-ball fouls (7-5)
• Enforced in sequence they occur
• Both teams penalized see 7-2-1-d pg 68
• If sequence cant be determined treat as
  simultaneous
• Simultaneous fouls (7-6) see handout
• Live or dead ball (when sequence cannot be
  determined)
• Slow whistle or play-on, foul committed by team
  in possession, immediate whistle
• No flag down or play on all fouls technical
  they cancel
• Team in possession commits A) only technical
  fouls, or B) personal fouls then A) no penalty
  time B) penalty time served.
• Award ball to team with less penalty time
• If penalty time equal or fouls cancel, award to
  team in possession or entitled to possession or
  award by AP if loose ball
• Position ball according to Rule 7-3 pg 69
• Fouls after end of period (7-7)
• Award ball to offended team at center IAW 4-3 Art
  1, Exception 2.

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You Make The Call

• Situation During a loose ball, B1 pushes A1 from
  behind and a Play On is called. While the ball
  is still live, A1 turns and slashes B1.
• Ruling? (1) Who serves? (2) How much
  time? (3) Who gets ball? (4) Where is the
  restart?

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You Make The Call

• Since Team A (originally entitled to possession)
  committed a personal foul, all players involved
  serve penalty time.
• Ruling Situation 7.6.O page 76 (1) Who
  serves? Both B1 and A1
• (2) How much time? B1 serves 30-sec and A1
  serves 1-min with 1st 30-sec of each penalty time
  non-releasable (3) Who gets ball? Team B (lesser
  penalty time) (4) Where is the restart? Restart
  where ball was when whistle stopped play (7-3
  Exception)

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Slow-Whistle technique (7-8)
• After foul- throw flag straight up and announce
  Flag Down if offended player or team does not
  lose possession and withhold whistle until
• Ball hits ground not on shot (NFHS only if ball
  is in goal area)
• Ball goes out of bounds or out of goal area
• Officialss whistle
• A goal is scored by attacking team
• Defense gains possession
• Shot no goal (NFHS only if ball is in goal
  area)
• Loose ball results (NFHS only if ball is in goal
  area)
• Failure to clear (20-sec)/Failure to advance
  (10-sec)
• Attacking team commits a foul
• Note Shot is a shot until it is obvious that a
  goal will not be scored, added impetus is given,
  defense gains possession, after hitting
  goalkeeper, posts, or crossbar, it is touched by
  anyone other than goalkeeper or official.

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Enforcement after Slow Whistle (7-9)
• A player who has committed a personal foul will
  always be suspended from the game whether a goal
  is scored or not
• A player that has committed a technical foul
  will not be suspended from the game if a goal was
  scored
• Personal foul time served
• Technical foul wiped out by goal or serve 30
  seconds
• Ball awarded to offended team at the spot where
  play was suspended or outside the goal area
• Goal scored - then you determine that
  simultaneous fouls were committed, goal
  disallowed regardless of the nature of the foul
• NCAA lets slow whistle continue in goal area

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Play-On technique (7-10)
• Loose ball technical foul or crease violation
  offended team will be disadvantaged by immediate
  whistle
• Visually and verbally signal Play-on
• Withhold whistle until situation of advantage
  gained or lost has been completed
• Play-on ceases when
• Offended team gains possession (including goalie)
• Crease violation with goalie in possession play
  continues until goalie completes pass or runs out
  of crease allow bounce pass
• Offended team commits foul

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Enforcement of play-on technique (7-11)
• Offended team gains timely possession Play On
  is over
• Otherwise, award ball to offended team
• Crease violation with goalie in possession if
  he continues to play (successful outlet pass or
  runs ball out of crease) - no whistle if he
  does not play (4-secs expire) - blow whistle and
  award possession across midline at the center X
• Crease violation with goalie/ball in crease and
  not in possession Play On over when goalie
  gains possession
• Note Do not let Play On run on and on this
  is where players get hurt

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Rule 7 Penalty Enforcement

• Ejection (7-12)
• Must leave premises
• If non-adult must be accompanied by authorized
  school person, otherwise, student confined to
  bench
• See 5-11-1-d (p 54) Flagrant Misconduct
• Corrections of errors (7-13)
• Promptly correct mistakes
• If a goal is scored during mistake by timer,
  scorer, or official and it is brought to
  attention of referee before next live ball,
  disallow the goal if appropriate
• Inadvertent Whistle play suspended immediately
• Inadvertent Flag play suspended at earliest
  opportunity do not interfere with scoring
  opportunity
• Misapplication (see mechanic next slide)

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Mechanic (misapplication)

• Head coach believes that there is a possible
  misapplication of a rule
• Head coach requests official timeout to discuss
  possible misapplication during dead ball and
  prior to next live ball
• Table sounds double horn (be sure to review with
  table personnel)
• Referee enters table area with both coaches
  present while umpire remains on field
  requesting coach will be only one to speak
• Limited to misapplication of a rule only
• Possible outcomes
• Fix and explain to both coaches (no TO resume
  play immediately)
• No error or judgment (charge TO and allow use of
  remaining time)
• No error or judgment question with no TOs left
  (technical foul for delay of game lose
  possession or 30-sec penalty depending on
  possession)
• Step back on field and (1) blow whistle issue
  timeout, or (2) throw flag and access technical
  foul resume play
• Note Dont pull out rule book use X to
  confer w/ partner if needed

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NCAA v. NFHS

• TOP TEN DIFFERENCES
• Flag Down Slow Whistle (in attack area)
• Faceoff Mechanic
• Timeouts (location)
• Mouthpiece (penalty)
• Equipment Checks (stick only and number of
  checks)
• Offsides and Faceoff (restart position)
• Expulsion (NFHS Only 2nd USC NR)
• Misapplication (NFHS Only)
• Flag Down (end of period)
• Mercy Rule (12 goal differential in 2nd half)

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Official Evaluation Data Summary
Average Scores
Scale
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Suggested Areas to Improve

• Consistency, Consistency, Consistency
• Within game
• Across JV and Varsity
• Across the Association
• Mechanics
• Slash and Push calls
• Positioning
• Communication with head coach
• Communicating calls to the table

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Additional Resources

• www.USLacrosse.org
• Training programs/resources
• Timer/Scorer Guidelines
• Links to NCAA/NFHS
• www.lacrosseforums.org
• Coaches Forum
• Officials Forum