Hits to the head >> No Call >>
Player falls down on faceoff- no trip
| Correct Call: | No call. The black team’s player falls down, but does not create the trip. What creates the trip is the white team’s player running into the downed player. | |
| For this to be a penalty: | There would need to be a flagrant/purposeful act to get the white player to trip. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at every level. |
Shaft to the neck
| Correct Call: | In high school and youth the shaft of the Defenders cross shouldn’t be resting on the Attack’s neck. If it is there momentarily then we have nothing. If there is a punching motion and this directly contacts at the head/neck than this is a minimum of a 2 minute non-releasable foul. If there is no punch/thrust than most likely we have a 30 second hold. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | No thrust, puncher hold and the stick is there there momentarily. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at every level. |
Legal hold that drags player to the ground
| Correct Call: | No penalty. Legal check on the stick that drags player to ground. | |
| For this to be a penalty: | The stick would need to hold more on the body or neck. | |
| Game Level: | This could be called a penalty on lower tiered games. But never on higher level games. |