Rick Catalano NILOA EMLOA official MBYLL Metro West Referee Coordinator What is a personal foul Personal fouls are those fouls of a serious nature The penalty for a personal foul shall be a time serving penalty ID: 289187
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Personal & Technical Fouls
Rick Catalano
NILOA
,
EMLOA official, MBYLL
Metro West
Referee CoordinatorSlide2
What is a personal foul?
Personal fouls are those fouls of a serious nature.
The penalty for a personal foul shall be a time serving penalty.
Penalties shall be either one, two or three minutes depending on severity and
intent
of the foul.Slide3
Cross Check
A player may not check an opponent with the
crosse
.
Handle will be exposed between the hands and player will utilize a punching or thrusting motion to deliver check.
Look for broken sticks!Slide4
Illegal Body Check
A check above the shoulders or below the waist is illegal.
A check from behind is illegal.
A check delivered to a player while he is laying or kneeling down is illegal.
Spearing – leading with the top of the helmet – is at a minimum a one-minute, non-releasable foul.Slide5
Illegal Body Check (cont.)
If a player turns his back to, jumps or ducks as a check is coming in an attempt to draw illegal contact, no foul has been committed.Slide6
Slashing
Swinging a
crosse
at an opponent’s
crosse
or body with viciousness or reckless abandon, regardless of whether the opponent’s
crosse
or body is struck.
Striking an opponent on any part of the body in an attempt to dislodge the ball.
Checks must be stick on stick.
If player is shooting, passing or scooping ball, no slash occurs unless unnatural follow-through
.
MBYLL: No one-handed checks!Slide7
Tripping
May not trip opposing player with any part of body or
crosse
.
Can sell as a push when player makes contact with player from behind.Slide8
Unnecessary Roughness
Excessive in nature.
Running through screen/pick.
Late hit (illegal body check).
Good to use when players are pushing and shoving each other before fight breaks out
.
Defenseless players
MBYLL: mandatory locked-in penalty, 2-3 min.Slide9
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Arguing with official.
Profanity (especially F-Bombs).
Calling undue attention to oneself.
Hiding player in special substitution area.
First
three are non-releasable fouls.Slide10
Illegal Crosse/Equipment
Deep pocket – one minute non-releasable. Stick can return to game if fixed.
Stick must be between 40-42 inches long and 6 ½ inches at widest point of head (inside measurement). Penalty is three minutes, non-releasable and stick is removed from game and placed on table.
Illegal gloves or shoulder pads are one-minute, non-releasable fouls.
Be proactive before game to notice equipment violations!Slide11
TECHNICAL FOULSSlide12
What is a technical foul?
Technical fouls are those of a less serious nature than personal fouls.
Include all violations of the rules of lacrosse except those specifically listed under personal fouls.
Time serving, 30 second penalty if ball was in possession of team that was offended.
Turnover if team with possession commits technical foul.
Award possession to offended team if ball was loose at time of foul (Play-on situation).Slide13
Crease Violation
Goalkeeper Interference
Interfering with goalie while defensive team possesses ball outside of crease (flag down, slow whistle).
Attack runs
through crease while defensive team possesses ball outside of crease (flag down, slow whistle).
Interference with goalie while ball is in
crease.
Possession
– play on – ball awarded at midfield if pass not
completed
No
possession – play on – ball awarded 20 yards lateral if no possession gained.Slide14
Holding
A player may not hold an opponent with his
crosse
.
A player may not step on the
crosse
of opponent.
A player may not hold with the free hand
.
A player man not hold with the shaft of his stick and hands apart (cross-check hold)
Reminders:
Equal
pressure from rear is not a
hold.
Crosse
against
crosse
is not a hold unless player is pinning
crosse
of his opponent against his opponent’s
body.
Both
hands must remain on stick when checking.Slide15
Illegal Offensive Screen
Player must be stationary when setting picks.
Stick should be straight up and down and within his body.
No leaning or stepping into player.Slide16
Conduct Foul
Coach/player entering field without permission or reason to do so.
Use of artificial aids (electronic devices, megaphones) to communicate with players.
Argue with officials.
Swearing
Taunting other players.Slide17
Interference
Interfering with the free movement of an opponent except when that opponent has the ball, or both players are within 5 yards
(3 for most youth) of
a loose ball or a ball in flight.
Occurs on loose balls when one player scoops ball and other player still engages opponent
Also occurs in front of crease in settled situations.Slide18
Offsides
No more than 6 players in a team’s offensive end or 7 in its defensive end, including players in the penalty area
Team in possession is
offsides
:
Turnover
.
Team without possession
offsides
:
Flag
down, slow whistle.
B1
goes
offsides
and returns to proper half of field, then goes
offsides
again.
RULING –
Same player
going
offsides
twice is only one technical foul.Slide19
Pushing
Player will not shove or thrust opponent from rear.
Not a violent blow.
Permitted from front or side as long as within 5 yards of loose ball
(3 yards in youth) or
opponent has possession.
Both hands must be on
crosse
.Slide20
Stalling
Team is
ahead
with under 2 minutes in game
.
Team is obviously keeping ball from play.
Only occurs in offensive attack box.
Violation is called when ball exits attack area or player steps out of attack area with ball.
Either team is entitled to retrieve ball if pass is deflected off defensive stick and ball exits attack area. Offensive team regains possession – they have 10 seconds to get it back in and stalling warning continues.Slide21
Warding Off
A player may not use his free hand, arm or
any part of his body
to gain advantage, push or control the direction of the movement of the
crosse
or body of the player applying the check.
A player may protect his
crosse
with his free hand provided he does not attempt to engage the
crosse
with his free hand.Slide22
Withholding Ball From Play
When a loose ball is on the ground, a player may not lie on the ball or trap it with his
crosse
longer than is necessary to pick it up.Slide23
Illegal Procedure
Section 6-5 (Page 39-40 of NFHS) covers
most technical foulsSlide24
Remaining subjects
Failure to advance – 20 seconds from defensive zone to zone 3 and 10 seconds from zone 3 to zone 4.
Substitution violation – players entering field early.
Delay of game – after goal scored or upon turnover, rolling/throwing ball away (falls under illegal procedure).