OYLA Officials Training 2009
Part 2 - Fouls
Prepared by: Ross Lancaster
Questions/Comments: [email protected]
Adapted from John P. Hill, Harold Buck, Dan Badders
Foul Overview
• Two types of Fouls in Lacrosse
• Opposite of Basketball
• Technical
• Often Procedural
• “Minor”
• Personal
• Usually SAFETY Related
• “Major”
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A Bit on Fouls
• You can’t call what you don’t see
• You don’t call fouls you hear
• You don’t call fouls the coach says he saw
• You don’t call fouls the players say they saw
• You don’t have to call everything you do see
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Penalties
Team A
commits a…
…when
Loose Ball
…when
Team A has the
Ball
Technical Foul
“Play On”. If B does Blow whistle.
not gain possession, Award ball to B.
blow whistle, award
ball to B
“Flag Down”.
Whistle when ball
hits the ground.
Team A serves a
30-second penalty.
Personal Foul
Throw Flag, blow
Whistle. Team A
serves one minute
penalty.
“Flag Down”.
Whistle when ball
hits the ground.
Team A serves
one minute
penalty.
Throw Flag, blow
Whistle. Team A
serves one minute
penalty.
…when
Team B has the
Ball
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Photo by David Seidman
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Play on
• Yell “Play on!” and give the play-on signal
• If no clear advantage, kill play within 1
second. If offended team is likely to gain
and maintain possession, allow it to go up
to 3 seconds (normally)
• If the offended team gets possession, point
in the direction of play and indicate the
offended team (e.g., “Blue ball!”) to signal
the end of the play-on
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Possession-change fouls
• Short: “Loose … push … blue ball!” or
even “Push … blue ball!”
• Make call loud and clear, with big signals
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Throwing the Flag
• Flag means time-serving penalty.
• Yell “Flag Down”.
• Repeat *Color, Number, Foul* to yourself
during flag down play.
• MAKE THE CALL!
– Even if your flag gets stuck
– Even if you throw the flag and forget the number
• Don’t be afraid to wave off a flag.
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Important Ideas
• Your most important job is protecting the
safety of the players!
• Lacrosse is a contact sport.
• Football is a collision sport.
• Checks are to dislodge the ball
– Never to punish
– Never to hurt
– Never to “fire up the team”
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Youth Rule Matrix
Grades --->
7+8
5+6
Controlled,
BODY
restricted contact
CHECKS /
Permitted to
CONTACT
dislodge ball / No only / No take-out
or collision-style
*(see notes
take-out checks
checks
below)
2 Hands on stick /
Gloved hand on 2 Hands on stick /
STICK
stick and/or stick LIFT+POKE only /
CHECKING /
contact / 90 °
90 ° guideline
SLASHING
guideline
Personal: Penalty Personal: Penalty
Box; Technical:
Box; Technical:
PENALTIES
Penalty Box or ball Penalty Box or ball
turnover
turnover
3+4
1+2
No contact except
as described for
ground balls and
advancing the ball
NO CONTACT
2 Hands on stick /
LIFT+POKE only /
90 ° guideline
2 Hands on stick /
LIFT+POKE only
Personal: Penalty
Box; Technical:
Coaches Discretion
Penalty Box or ball
turnover
We’ll get into more detail when we talk about
the individual fouls.
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Technical Fouls:
Illegal Procedure
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Starting before the whistle
Leaving Restraining box on F/O
Delay of Game
Illegal Substitution
Touching the ball with hand (except Goalie)
Throwing the crosse
Too many players
You gotta read the book.
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Technical Fouls:
Crease Violations
• Interfering with Goalie
– Never inside the crease
– Body is part of the crease if touching the crease
– Stick may be played outside of crease if no
possession
• Offensive team cannot touch or run through
• Player with possession cannot enter the crease
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Technical Fouls:
Holding
• “Let ‘em run”
• Can never use crosse to keep a player from
moving
• Can never hold or step on another players
cross
• Can disrupt movement and lift crosse within 5
yards of loose ball
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Technical Fouls:
Illegal Screen
• Must be set – No moving picks
• Legs together / Stick in close
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Technical Fouls:
Conduct Foul
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Players and coaches cannot ARGUE calls.
Coaches cannot enter the field of play.
Players and coaches cannot ARGUE calls.
Players and coaches cannot gesture to express
dissatisfaction with calls.
• Players and coaches cannot ARGUE calls.
– If you have to call Unsportsmanlike Conduct, it
usually means you didn’t use your Conduct Foul.
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Technical Fouls:
Offside
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4 players in the Defensive Zone
3 Players in the Offensive Zone
The SAFETY of the players is you primary job
If possible, count the players in front of you
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Technical Fouls:
Interference
• Cannot play defense more than 5 yards from
the ball
• Warnings help here – “Guys, Cut it out”
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Technical Fouls:
Warding Off
• Player with the ball cannot push with free
hand.
• Player with the ball cannot push with elbow,
even if both hands are on the stick.
• Players and coaches cannot ARGUE calls.
• Player with the ball cannot drop the shoulder
and drive over defenders
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Technical Fouls:
Withholding
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Ball has to be made available for play
Excessive Clamping
Stuck in the back after faceoff
“Chesting”
“Thumbing”
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Technical Fouls:
Pushing
• Not from behind
• Not with the free hand
• “Equal Pressure” on man with the ball
Grades --->
7+8
5+6
3+4
Controlled,
BODY
No contact except
restricted contact
CHECKS /
Permitted to
as described for
CONTACT
dislodge ball / No only / No take-out
ground balls and
or collision-style
*(see notes
take-out checks
advancing the ball
checks
below)
1+2
NO CONTACT
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Technical Fouls:
The Nonsense Pushes
• Pushing a player offsides
– Is a push, not offsides
• Pushing a player out of bounds
– Is a push, not a turnover
• Pushing a player into the crease
– Is a goal, and a technical foul waved off by a goal
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Personal Fouls:
Cross-Check
• Hand have to be together when pushing /
checking
• Don’t say “Illegal Cross-Check” unless you
are reffing the Lumberjax. There is no such
thing as a legal cross-check in field lacrosse.
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Personal Fouls:
Illegal Body check
• From Behind
• Above the shoulders
– SPECIAL: Spearing – Non-releaseable
• Below the waist
• Player on the ground
• More than 5-yards from the ball
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Photo by Dave Adams
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Personal Fouls:
Illegal Equipment
• Crosse
– Pocket is too deep
• Mouthpiece
• Altered gloves
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Personal Fouls:
Tripping
• Intentional Tripping with crosse
• Intentional Tripping with feet
• Contact Sport – Feet are going to get tangled
• Blatant + Accidental = Hold
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Personal Fouls:
Unnecessary Roughness
• “That was rough and it was not necessary”
• Step-up from Illegal Body-check or Slash
– U.R. is not a “just missed being legal”
• “Blowing up the pick”
• Punching Check
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Personal Fouls:
Slashing
• A Slash is a stick check not allowed by rule
Grades --->
STICK
CHECKING /
SLASHING
7+8
5+6
2 Hands on stick /
Gloved hand on 2 Hands on stick /
stick and/or stick LIFT+POKE only /
contact / 90 °
90 ° guideline
guideline
3+4
1+2
2 Hands on stick /
LIFT+POKE only /
90 ° guideline
2 Hands on stick /
LIFT+POKE only
• Stick Checks must always be under control
– Be mindful of what is a check (stick as positioning
guide)
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Personal Fouls:
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
• Abusive/Argumentative behavior (NR)
– Zero Tolerance for Abuse
• Taunting (NR)
• Profanity (NR)
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Push v. Illegal Body-check?
• We’re talking about a “hit” from behind
• If the players are both standing still, it is
probably a push.
• If they are both running the about same speed,
it is probably a push.
• If one player is standing and the other is
running, it’s probably an illegal bodycheck.
• If the “hitter” lowers his shoulder, it’s an
illegal bodycheck.
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Signaling Penalties
• Report Color, Number, Offense, Time,
Explanation (restart/NR) (C-NOTE)
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