This document discusses fouls, misconduct cards, and penalties in women's lacrosse. It covers: - Personal misconduct fouls that warrant yellow cards, including checks to the head, dangerous propelling, dangerous follow through, and swipes. - Penalties for yellow, yellow/red, and red cards, including the number of players that must serve time penalties. - Procedures for issuing misconduct cards and restarting play afterwards. - Delay of game and persistent minor fouls, which can be escalated to major fouls after warnings.

1. Introduction
In this presentation:
• Personal Misconduct Fouls
• Mandatory yellow cards
• Penalties for personal misconduct (cards)
• Delay of game
• Persistent minor fouls
Women's Lacrosse Basic Officiating
FOULS
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Minor Fouls
Major Fouls
Misconduct and Warning Cards
Execution of Penalties
Simultaneous Fouls

2. Introduction
Introduction
• Not all Misconduct and Warning Cards are in this basic officiating
course, as much is explained in the basic rules course
• See also the World Lacrosse rulebook rules 22 and 23
• In each slide explaining the foul the corresponding umpire signal is
shown in the top left picture
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3. Introduction
Personal Misconduct Fouls
A player must not:
• Conduct herself in a rough, dangerous, or unsporting manner
• Persistently or flagrantly violate the rules
• Deliberately endanger the safety of an opponent
• Use abusive language or excessively disagree with the umpire’s
decisions
• Use language or exhibit behavior that is intended to embarrass,
ridicule, or demean others, i.e. tormenting or taunting
• Exhibit any type of behavior which in the umpire’s opinion
amounts to misconduct
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Minor Fouls
Major Fouls
Misconduct and Warning Cards
Execution of Penalties
Simultaneous Fouls

4. Introduction
Mandory yellow cards
• Check to the head
• Dangerous Propelling
• Dangerous Follow Through
• Swipe
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5. Introduction
Mandatory yellow cards
• Check to the head
• Checking an opponent’s head or neck
• A check to the head happens on accident more often than
deliberately
• This does not take away that the foul warrants a mandatory
yellow card, even if the fouling player is telling you it was an
accident
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6. Introduction
Mandatory yellow cards
• Dangerous Propelling:
• Propelling of the ball in a dangerous or uncontrolled manner,
which can be a pass or a shot, without regard to the positions
of any field player
• Watch for blind shots on goal
• Watch for blind ‘panic’ passess when the (unexpierenced)
ball carrier is being double or triple teamed
• Note that any hard shot taken very near the crease so that
the goalie has little or no time to react, and/or the ball is
directed at and hits the goalie in the head or neck, may be
carded as dangerous propelling
• The signal for dangerous propelling and dangerous follow through
are the same
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7. Introduction
Mandatory yellow cards
• Dangerous Follow Through:
• Following through with the stick in a dangerous or
oncontrolled manner at any time
• If a defender has established their legal defensive position
before the shot; this is a dangerous follow through
• If the defender moves into the path of the cross/ follow-
through, this is not a dangerous follow through
• The signal for dangerous propelling and dangerous follow
through are the same
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8. Introduction
Mandatory yellow cards
• Swipe
• A dangerous or uncontrolled swing of the crosse that has
potential for serious injury.
• A swipe can be called regardless of whether or not contact is
made with an opponent(‘s crosse)
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9. Introduction
Penalties for personal misconduct (cards)
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Yellow card Yellow/red card Red card
• Check to the head
• Dangerous propelling
• Dangerous follow
through
• Swipe
• Other personal
misconduct
• See yellow card • Intentionally
dangerous/unsportsmanli
ke misconduct
First card for player Second card for player First card for player
• 2 min man-down
• Player with card can
return to game after 2
min penalty
• 5 min man-down play
• Player cannot return to
game after 5 min penalty
• 10 min man-down play
• Player cannot return to
game after 10 min
penalty
During the time penalties only 5 attacking / 6 defending players (including goalie) are allowed across
the retraining lines into the attack/defending area.
However, during the draw 3 players are allowed between the restraining lines

10. Introduction
Penalties for personal misconduct (cards)
• When a goalie receives a yellow warning card:
• A second, dressed, goalie may replace the carded goalie.
The player closest to the substitution area will serve the time
penalty
• If there’s no other dressed goalie another player will serve
her penalty and the goalie may remain in the field
• When a goalie receives a yellow/red or straight red card:
• A second, dressed, goalie may replace the carded goalie.
The player closest to the substitution area will serve the time
penalty
• If there’s no other dressed goalie, a 2 min time-out will be
taken to enable a team member to put on protective
equiptment. The player closest to the substitution area will
serve the time penalty
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11. Introduction
Penalties for personal misconduct (cards)
• When bench personnel (incl. coach) receives a yellow card:
• A player from the offending team who is closest to their
substitution area must leave the field
• The team must play with one less player on the field for the 2
minutes penalty. Players may substitute.
• When bench personnel (incl. coach) receives a yellow/red or
straight red card :
• The suspended person must leave the field and playing area
• A player from the offending team who is closest to their
substitution area must leave the field
• The team must play with one less player on the field for the 5
or 10 minutes penalty. Players may substitute.
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12. Introduction
Procedure for calling personal misconduct (cards)
• Sound the whistle loud and long
• Turn to the score table and give a clear Time-Out signal
• Identify the player being carded and beckon the player toward you
as you move to meet them halfway
• Hold the card(s) clearly visible to the player and score table
• Give the foul signal if applicable or simply state ‘personal
misconduct’
• The head umpire should note down the player’s number on their
own score card with a Y or Y/R behind it, so that they know who’s
been carded
• Award a free position to the player who was fouled.
• Wait with restarting play untill the carded player has left the field
and you’ve check with your fellow on field umpires that they’re
ready to continue
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13. Introduction
Delay of game
• Intentionally delaying the (re)start of the game, such as:
• Failure to stand when requested by the umpire
• Failure to move 4m away for a free position
• Failure to follow an umpire’s directions
• Intentionally delaying setting up the draw
• Any other type of behavior which, in the umpire’s opinion,
amounts to delay
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14. Introduction
Persistent minor fouls
• Repeated early entries (rule 19.A.2 and 19.A.3)
• Repeated restraining line violations (Rule 19.A.16)
• Teams that repeatedly waste time returning to the center draw
following a goal (Rule 19.A.20)
• Any other minor fouls that in an umpire’s opinion occur repeatedly
due to lack of skill or to gain an unfair advantage
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15. Introduction
Penalties for delay of game and other persistent minor fouls
• The umpire shall first give a verbal warning and on the next
repetition, stop the time and call 'delay of game' and give the
correct minor foul penalty
• Signal is like you want to show a ‘big fish’
• For the second delay of game or repeated minor, the umpire will
penalize or set up this minor as a major violation. Subsequent
violations that are "scaled up" will continue to count as major
fouls
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Minor Fouls
Major Fouls
Misconduct and Warning Cards
Execution of Penalties
Simultaneous Fouls