Central PA Lacrosse Officials Penalty Administration

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 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 5-9-1-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.