Technicals

1. Introduction
This section is about technical fouls.
The World Lacrosse rulebook covers this topic in
section 9, rules 50-67 (pages 48-60)
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2. Introduction
In this presentation:
• Pushing
• Holding
• Off side
• Interference
• Illegal pick
• Warding off
• With-holding the ball from play
• Illegal stick (technical)
• Illegal procedure
• Other technical fouls
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3. Introduction
Technical fouls
• Less serious in nature
• Usually someone trying to gain a small advantage by the breach of
a rule
• There are 16 types of technical fouls
• Penalty:
• Ball awarded to the other team if in possession OR
• 30 seconds time served if not in possession OR
• Ball awarded to the other team if no possession (loose ball)
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4. Introduction
Pushing
• A player may only push the ball carrier, or a player with 3 yards of
a loose ball or ball in flight
• A player may not push from the rear with either stick or body
• Equal pressure / blocking is legal
• A pushed player must be disadvantaged for a pushing foul
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5. Introduction
Holding
• A player cannot hold an opponents body with his own crosse
• A player cannot hold an opponents crosse with his own crosse,
except when:
• The opponent is within 3 yards of a loose ball or ball in flight
• The opponent is in possession of the ball
• Using the free hand to gain an advantage is holding
• Using the part of the stick between the gloves to guide / direct a
player with equal pressure is holding
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6. Introduction
Off side
• A team can have a maximum of 6 players on the offensive half and
a maximum of 7 players on the defensive half
• Players in the penalty box count towards the total of players that
can be on one half
• When 3 or more players from one team are in the penalty box at
the same time, a time may have one player come out of their
defensive goal area to take the face off, but he must obey the off
side rule
• When 4 or more players from one team are in the penalty box at
the same time, a team is required to have 3 players on the
offensive half
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7. Introduction
Interference
• Interfering with an opponent further away than 3 yards from a
loose ball or ball in flight
• Preventing unrestricted movement of an opponent who is not the
ball carrier
• Exception: legal pick
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8. Introduction
Illegal pick
• A pick is where a player sets their feet before contact is made by
the opposition player to legally block their path
• The picking player must stand in a normal posture and be
motionless when the defender runs into him
• No swaying / leaning
• No widened stance
• Stick may not be next to the body
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9. Introduction
Warding off
• A player with the ball can protect his crosse from stick checks with
his body, usually the arm and hand
• The arm and hand must be (relatively) stationary
• May not direct the movement of the opponents stick or body
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10. Introduction
With-holding the ball from play
• A player cannot with-hold the ball from play in any manner:
• Lying on a loose ball
• Trapping a ball on the ground for a long time
• Holding the ball against his body
• Thumbing the ball in his stick
• When a player looses his stick and the stick lands on the ground
with the ball still in or under the head of the stick it is with-holding
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11. Introduction
Illegal stick (technical)
• All violations of the rules about the stick (rules 15 and 16):
• Pocket too deep
• Strings with a hanging length of two inches
• No solid end of the stick
• Exception: violations under unsportsmanlike conduct rule
• If a player’s head comes of in the act playing the game, that player
has committed the technical foul of using an illegal stick
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12. Introduction
Illegal stick (technical and personal)
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Technical foul Personal foul (3 minutes)
Pocket too deep
Strings too long
Head not fixed
Trick construction or stringing
Not meeting official dimensions
Ball cannot freely dislodge
Made to seem ball is in crosse
when it is not, or vice versa
Basically easily adjusted issues
with the stick
Basically cheating by tampering
with the stick

13. Introduction
Illegal procedure
• This is a catch-all penatly that covers a wide area of the rules:
• Illegal substitution
• Failure to be at least 5 yards away on a restart
• Illegal time out request
• Leaving the goal area before possession at face off
• Having too many men on the field
• Delay of game
• Playing without a crosse or required equipment
• Too many longsticks (>4) on the field
• Many, many more, read rule 61
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14. Introduction
Other technical fouls
• Stalling: teams must make a reasonable effort to attack
• Crease violation: an attacking player touches the crease area
• Re-entry of the crease: a player in possession enters the crease
• Handling the ball: using hands to play the ball
• Kicking an opponent’s crosse: using feet to interfere with a crosse
• Illegal actions with the crosse
• Illegal actions by team officials
• Illegal equipment
• Thrusting the crosse at the face of an opponent
• Lateness: not being ready to start the game at the appointed time
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