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KLOAPersonal Fouls

Meeting 3/12/12

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Personal Fouls

• Rule 5; Pages 51-58• More Serious in Nature than Technical Fouls• 9 fouls• Time Serving

1. 1-3 minutes2. Releasable/Non-Releasable3. Depends on Severity and Intent

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Personal Fouls

• 2012 Points of Emphasis1. Players Calling Attention to Themselves After a Goal2. Deliberately Grabbing the Ball with the Hand on the

Faceoff3. Illegal Checks4. Equipment Inspections

• All have relevance to Personal Fouls

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Personal Fouls - Classification

• ChecksCross Check/Illegal Body Check/Checks – Head/Neck

• ContactTripping/Slashing/Unnecessary Roughness

• EquipmentIllegal Crosse/Illegal Equipment

• ConductUnsportsmanlike Conduct

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Personal Fouls – Fouling Out

• New rule this year• 5+ total minutes of personal fouls in the game

= “disqualification” for that game• Not an ejection• Use “fouling out” terminology• 5 minutes not 5 fouls

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Personal Fouls - Ejection

• Deliberately striking or attempting to strike anyone

• Leaving the bench area during altercation• Use of tobacco or smokeless tobacco• Second non-releasable Unsportsmanlike Foul• Flagrant Misconduct (as deemed by officials)• Ejection = 3 minute non-releasable penalty• PIAA On-Line Paperwork/Reporting required

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Personal Fouls - Signals

• Know the Signals – Important Communication• Utilize C-N-O-T (Color, #, Offense, Time)• New Auxiliary Signal – Check to Head• Signals

21 – Personal Foul – followed by:22 – Illegal Body Check23 - Slashing24 – Cross Checking25 - Tripping26 – Unnecessary Roughness27 – Unsportsmanlike Conduct28 – Illegal Crosse29 – Deep Pockets30 – Illegal Equipment31 - Ejection

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Personal Fouls – Cross Check

• Using the handle/shaft of crosse between hands either by thrusting away from the body or extended from the body

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Personal Fouls – Illegal Body Check

• Body Checking an opponent who does not have ball or not within 5 yards of ball

• Body Checking an opponent from the rear or at/below waist

• Body Checking an opponent who has any part of body other than feet on the ground

• Watch for players turning their back

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Personal Fouls – Head/Neck Checks

• Initiation of contact to opponent’s head/neck with a cross-check, body or stick

• Spearing• Point of Emphasis• Non-Releasable – Recommended 2 minute

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Personal Fouls – Illegal Crosse

• Illegal Crosse - 1-3 minutes non-releasableDeep Pockets – 1 minute non-releasable/can be fixedAltered Crosse – 3 minutes non-releasable/out of game/remains at table (Length/Head/Stuck in Pocket)

• A scores – inspection determines illegal crosse on scorer – goal disallowed; 1-3 minute non-releasable (if A2 – goal counts, enforce penalty)

• A scores – inspection requested/A adjusts stick – 1 minute Unsportsmanlike plus potential crosse penalty if found - goal disallowed

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Personal Fouls – Illegal Equipment

• Point of Emphasis – stick checks (4x per game) should include all equipment

• End Caps and Handle Tape – not illegal; get fixed

• 1 minute non-releasableHoles in palm of gloves/No glovesB1 - No shoulder pads or arm pads (not cumulative – just 1 minute)No Mouthpiece

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Personal Fouls - Slashing

• Swinging at opponent’s crosse or body with deliberate viciousness or reckless abandon

May or may not include contactWatch reverse back checks/checks to the backRepeatedly striking glove = SlashFollow through on shot – No slashSlash or Brush – know the difference

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Personal Fouls - Tripping

• A player may not trip an opponent with any part of his body or crosse

• Obstruction below waist with crosse, hands, arms, legs, feet

Legal check – No tripScooping loose ball – No tripIncidental contact (getting tangled up) – No trip

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Personal Fouls – Unnecessary Roughness

• Excessive force/violence• Actions to look for:

DeliberateAvoidablePunching blow

• May be “technically” legal (e.g. body check, contact against screener)

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Personal Fouls – Unsportsmanlike Conduct

• Arguing with officials• Threatening, profane, obscene language or

gestures• Taunting• Overt celebration (point of emphasis)• Repeatedly commit same technical foul• Verbal simulation of faceoff• Deliberately failing to comply with playing rules

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Personal Fouls – EnforcementFlag Down/Slow Whistle

• Drop Flag/ Verbalize “Flag Down”• Continue Officiating until (Section 8, article 2)• Enforce Penalty• Goal Scored – goal counts/man down faceoff (penalty

wiped out if technical foul)• No Goal – restart at point of suspension or free clear; if

in goal area – move laterally outside• Note: Only restart in Goal Area is after timeout (either

team) if ball has crossed endline (shot or out of bounds) and no violation has occurred

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Fouls called on players of opposing teams during:– Live Ball– Dead Ball when sequence cannot be determined

• Play-On or Slow Whistle– If possessing team commits foul, immediate whistle

• Penalty Time– No Play-On or Slow Whistle – if all technical fouls they cancel– If possessing team commits only technical fouls, no time served– If possessing team commits personal foul, all players involved serve time – lesser

time non-releasable for both• Award Ball

– If penalty time awarded, award ball to team with less time– If penalty time equal, award ball to team in possession at time of whistle or (if no

possession) use AP

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Situation– Loose Ball – B1 pushes A1 (play-on)– A1 then slashes B1

• Ruling– Simultaneous – Team A entitled to possession– B1 – 30 seconds; A1 – 1 minute– First 30 non-releasable for both– Award to Team B

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Situation– A1 possession – B1 slashes A1 – Flag Down– A2 interferes with B2

• Ruling– Simultaneous Fouls– Blow whistle – B1 serves 1 minute; No time served

for A– Award to A

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Situation– B1 slashes A1, slow whistle– A1 scores– Immediately after whistle, officials discover A2

was offside • Ruling– Goal disallowed– B1 serves penalty – Award to A

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Situation– B1 commits personal foul – Slow Whistle– Team A scores– A1 commits technical foul

• Ruling– Not simultaneous– B1 serves time (1 minute); No time for A– Award to B

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Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls

• Situation– Loose ball– B1 goes offside– A2 pushes B2

• Ruling– Simultaneous – Blow whistle– Fouls cancel– Use AP (since ball is loose)