SOFTBALL SPRING 2002

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session
Please turn off cell phones!
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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session
UMass Intramural Sports Associate Director Jason
Incorvati Sport Supervisors
Adam, Adrienne, Andrew, Colin, Mike, Jenn, Willy
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The Job

• Flexible hours (6-10 per week)
• Interpersonal Leadership Skills
• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• You will be Challenged!
• Advancement
• Intramural Sport Supervisors
• Relationships
• Being part of the UMass Campus Recreation Team
• Fun

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NIRSA

• National Intramural-Recreational Sports
  Association
• Getting involved
• Extramurals
• Regional National Tournaments
• Graduate Assistantships
• Free Grad School
• Great Experience
• Campus Recreation as a career
• Fusing Sports/Fitness/Facility Event Management
  and Education Professionalism

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Intramural Policies/Expectations

• Professionalism
• Dress
• Communication with Patrons/Co-workers
• Facebook/Myspace etc.
• If youre not early to a shift or meeting,
• YOU ARE LATE.
• Bring a pen/pencil to work.
• You will only be asked to do three things
• Give good availability
• Show up on time
• Try your best

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Hiring and Payroll

• DO NOT WRITE on Sheets going around until I tell
  you!
• Leave sheets stapled together
• Tax forms
• Conditions of employment form
• Info sheet
• Availability
• Previously worked on Campus with the exception
  Mullins?

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State Tax Form

• Personal data
• 0, 1 or exempt
• Sign and date

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Federal W-4

• Dont fill out the middle section
• Fill out the bottom section
• Permanent (home address)
• Full name (no nicknames/abbreviations)
• 0,1, exempt must be the same as the previous
  sheet
• Sign and date

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I-9 Form

• Section 1 only
• Fill out as much as possible
• Full name and home address
• If the I-9 is not finished, you wont get paid.

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Work Study

• If work study
• Go to student employment office and release hours
  to campus recreation
• We need proof of work study

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session
Rules

• Five minute grace period
• Equipment
• Teams must wear shirts that are the same color
  shade. Goalkeepers must wear a different color
  shirt than either team.
• No metal cleats. No exposed metal or metal tips.
  

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Equipment Continued
• Hats, bandanas, and casts are not allowed. Knee
  braces should be checked by a supervisor.
• JEWELRY MAY NOT BE WORN!
• May not be taped over
• Play without, or stand on the sidelines with it
• Only piece of jewelry allowed is a medical alert
  bracelet that must be taped down

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Co-Rec Modifications only 2!
• 1up or even, no other combinations of male and
  female permitted
• Ball cannot be played 3 times in a row by the
  same gender
• result indirect free kick from spot of
  infraction

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Players Substitutes
• Regulation teams consist of 7 players (one is the
  keeper) and can play with a minimum of 5.
• If a player is disqualified (red card) he/she is
  NOT allowed a replacement.
• No player can enter the field without permission
  from the ref
• Substitutions can be made under the following
  conditions
• Either teams goal kick
• Own teams throw-in or corner kick
• After a goal has been scored
• Between halves

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Substitutions continued
• Each team may substitute a player for each player
  cautioned (yellow card) or injured. The other
  team is allowed a sub if the team cautioned or
  injured subs
• If the offensive team subs during their own
  throw-in or corner, then the defensive team may
  also sub

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• The Game
• 20 minute halves with a running clock
• Halftime will not exceed 2 minutes. Teams
  change ends
• The clock will stop for injuries at the officials
  discretion
• The ref has the right to stop the clock at
  his/her discretion for players actions that
  violate the spirit of the game and for a delay in
  the game (ball well past the goal or out of play)

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• League play
• One sudden death 5 minute overtime period will be
  played
• If no one is declared the winner, this will be
  declared a tie
• Playoffs
• Two 5 minute overtime periods will be played
• If tied at the end of one, then the second
  overtime will be played
• If tied at the end of two, then penalty kicks
  will be attempted.

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Mercy Rule If a team is ahead by 5 or more goals
  with 5 minutes or less remaining the game will
  end.

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Start of Play
• Coin Toss
• Choice of ends of the field or the kickoff
• Coin toss prior to the first overtime period
• Kickoff
• After officials whistle, game starts when player
  kicks ball into opponents half of the field
• Every player must be in his or her half of the
  field and the team receiving the kickoff must be
  at least 10 yards from the ball until it is
  kicked
• Kicker cannot kick the ball again after he or she
  has kicked off until it has been touched by
  another player
• The kicker must move the ball forward and the
  ball must travel the distance of its own
  circumference.
• If done incorrectly, it will be re-kicked.
• Once done correctly, the ball may be kicked in
  any direction

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Ball in and out of Play
• In Play
• Rebounds, including those off an official, goal
  post, crossbar, etc.
• Out of play
• When the ball completely crosses a boundary line,
  whether on the ground or in the air.
• When play is stopped by an official

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Ball in and out of Play continued
• Restarts
• Method of putting the ball back into play
• After a goal kickoff by opponent at the center
  of the field
• After crossing a boundary line a goal kick,
  corner kick or throw-in
• After a temporary suspension of play for
  example, an injury, an indirect kick shall be
  taken by the team in possession

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Ball in play Continued
• No team in possession?
• A drop ball at the spot of where the ball was
  declared out of play, provided it isnt in the
  goal area
• If in the goal area, the ball shall be dropped on
  the goal area line that runs parallel to the goal
  line nearest to where the ball was when play
  stopped
• The ball is in play when it touches the ground
• If touched before that, it will be redropped

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Five Minute Break!
• Be back in your seat when the five minutes is up!

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Awarded Free Kicks
• Note penalty area goal area
• When taken
• To resume play after it has been stopped by the
  official for violations/fouls
• Taken at the point where the infraction occurred
• Exception - free kicks taken by either team when
  the infraction occurs within the goal area

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Awarded Free Kicks
• How taken
• Player of opposite team shall not approach within
  10 yards of the ball until it is in play unless
  the player is standing on his or her own goal
  line, between the goal posts
• Kick shall be retaken if player violates this and
  intentionally interferes with the kick
• Ball can be kicked in any direction
• Kicker may not play it a second time until it has
  been touched or played by another player

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Awarded Free Kicks
• A goal may not be scored directly from an
  indirect kick
• A goal may be scored directly from a direct kick
• An indirect free kick is also used to resume play
  after a player has been ejected from the game for
  misconduct, provided a separate violation has not
  been committed at the same time that requires a
  different ruling

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Awarded Free Kicks Defending Team
• When in penalty area
• When the free kick is awarded to the defending
  team, the ball is not in play until it travels
  the distance of its own circumference and enters
  the field of play beyond the penalty area
• The ball shall be kicked by the defending team at
  any point within the goal area.

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Awarded Free Kicks Attacking Team
• Indirect kicks awarded within its opponents goal
  area shall be taken from a point on that part of
  the goal area line that runs parallel to the goal
  line nearest where the offense took place
• Direct kicks awarded within its opponents
  penalty area, are penalty kicks

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Penalty Kicks
• Can be awarded regardless of the location of the
  ball if the foul by the defending team is
  committed within the penalty area
• Goals may be scored directly from a penalty kick
• How taken
• The penalty kick is taken from any place on the
  penalty kick spot
• Only those players on the field at the time of
  the penalty may take the penalty kick
• All players but the kicker and opposing goal
  keeper shall be within the field of play, but
  outside the penalty area and at least 10 yards
  from and behind the penalty spot

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Penalty Kicks Continued
• The kicker shall kick the ball forward in order
  to put it in play
• If not put into play properly, the kick will be
  retaken
• The kicker may not play the ball a second time
  until it has been touched or played by another
  player
• If the ball hits the goal posts or the crossbar
  and rebounds into play, the kicker still may not
  play the ball until it has been touched or played
  by another player
• Goalkeeper, who shall remain on the line facing
  the kicker between the goal posts, is permitted
  to move laterally but may not step or lunge
  forward until the ball is kicked

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Penalty Kicks Continued
• Infringements
• For an infringement by the defending team, kick
  shall be retaken if goal was not scored
• By the attacking team other than the player
  taking the kick, the kick shall be retaken if a
  goal has resulted
• If by attacking team and no goal has scored and
  the ball rebounds into play, an indirect free
  kick is awarded at the the spot of the
  infringement
• For an infringement by the player taking the kick
  before the ball is put into play, the player
  should be cautioned or ejected as appropriate,
  and the kick taken
• For an infringement by the player taking the kick
  after the ball is in play, the player shall be
  cautioned or ejected as appropriate a goal may
  not be scored, and the game shall be restarted
  with a free kick as appropriate to the
  disciplinary actions

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Penalty Kicks Continued
• End of Time Variations
• If the ball touches the goalkeeper before passing
  between the posts and completely over the goal
  line when a penalty kick is being taken at or
  after the expiration of time, it does not nullify
  a goal
• If necessary, play shall be extended at the end
  of any period or half to allow a penalty kick to
  be completed
• If a penalty kick is taken after time expires,
  only the kicker and goalkeeper may play the ball

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Corner Kicks
• When taken
• By a member of the attacking team when the ball
  passes completely over the goal line (excluding
  that portion between the goal posts), either in
  the air or on the ground, having last been played
  by a member of the defending team

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Corner Kicks - Continued
• How taken
• Attacking team shall kick from within the quarter
  circle (imaginary for us) at the nearest corner
  flagpost (for us a cone).
• Some teams will move the cone this is ok
• The defending team shall not approach within 10
  yards of the ball until the ball is in play
  having traveled the distance of its own
  circumference
• Kicker shall not play the ball a second time
  after the ball is in play until it has been
  touched or played by another player
• This includes rebounds off the post
• Goals may be scored directly from a corner kick

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Goal Kicks
• When taken
• When the ball passes completely over the goal
  line (excluding that portion between the goal
  posts), either in the air or on the ground,
  having been last touched by a member of the
  attacking team
• How taken
• Ball is placed at any point within the goal area
  and kicked into the field of play beyond the
  penalty area, or is retaken
• Opposing players shall remain outside the penalty
  area until the ball goes over the penalty area
  line after the kick has been taken or shall be
  retaken
• The kicker may not play the ball a second time
  after it has passed beyond the penalty area until
  it has been touched or played by another player
• The goal keeper

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Goal Kicks How Taken Continued
• Ball is placed at any point within the goal area
  and kicked into the field of play beyond the
  penalty area, or is retaken
• Opposing players shall remain outside the penalty
  area until the ball goes over the penalty area
  line after the kick has been taken or shall be
  retaken
• The kicker may not play the ball a second time
  after it has passed beyond the penalty area until
  it has been touched or played by another player
• The goalkeeper shall not receive the ball into
  his or her hands in order that he or she may then
  kick it into play must be placed on the ground
  and kicked from there.
• Goals can be scored directly from a goal kick

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Throw-in
• Taken to put the ball back into play after it has
  passed completely over the touch line, either on
  the ground or in the air
• How taken
• The thrower, at the moment of delivering the
  ball, shall face the field of play and part of
  each foot shall be either on the touch line or on
  the ground outside the touch line.
• The thrower shall use both hands equally and
  deliver the ball from behind and over his or her
  head
• The throw-in shall be taken from the point where
  the ball crossed the line and can be thrown in
  any direction by a player of the team who did not
  touch it last

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Throw-in How taken continued
• The ball is in play from the moment it enters the
  field of play
• If the ball is improperly thrown in, then the
  other team will get a throw-in opportunity
• The thrower shall not play the ball a second time
  before it has been touched or played by another
  player
• A goal may not be scored directly from a throw-in
• A goalkeeper may not receive the ball into his or
  her hands from a teammates throw-in

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Goalkeeper Privileges
• Outside the penalty area, the goalkeeper is just
  another player
• Handling the goalkeeper may catch, carry,
  strike or propel the ball with the hands or arms
• Possession the act of bouncing the ball in
  preparation for kicking it out to be played,
  tossing the ball into the air and recatching it,
  throwing the ball out to be played, pinning the
  ball to the ground with at least one hand,
  dropping the ball for the kick and parrying
• Parrying (controlled deflection) shall count as
  possion or control
• Parrying during a save or attempted save when
  there is no clear attempt to control the ball,
  does not count as possession or control

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Goalkeeper Violations
• 6-second limit the goalkeeper has 6 seconds to
  put the ball back into play once the goalkeeper
  takes control of the ball with the hands,
  regardless of the number of steps that might be
  taken during this time
• Repossession after releasing the ball from
  possession, the keeper may touch or receive the
  ball with his or her hands only if the ball has
  been touched by a member of the opposing team
  inside or outside the penalty area or if the ball
  has been touched by a member of his or her own
  team, provided that player is outside the penalty
  area and the ball has not been deliberately
  kicked or thrown to the goalkeeper
• Throwing the ball into the air and allowing it to
  hit the ground is considered releasing the ball
  and the keeper may not retake possession unless
  the ball is touched or played by an opponent
• A goal keeper is not permitted to touch with his
  or her hands a ball the is deliberately kicked or
  thrown by a teammate

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Scoring
• A goal is scored when the entire ball has passed
  over the goal line (on the line is not the same
  as over the line), between the goal posts and
  under the crossbar, provided it has not been
  intentionally thrown, carried or propelled by
  hand or arm by a player of the attacking side
• It is the position of the ball that counts
• It is possible for a goalkeeper to have his or
  her feet on or infront of the line with the ball
  in his or her possession and yet have a goal
  scored by swinging his or her body and arms
  around to clear an opponent or to get room to
  throw or thrust the ball forward
• The entire ball must cross the goal line prior to
  the expriation of time for the goal to count

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Scoring Continued
• If the defenders deliberately stop or deflect the
  ball with their hands or arms to prevent a goal,
  it will count if it goes in
• A goal may be scored directly from a kickoff,
  goal kick, direct free kick, penalty kick and
  corner kick (and keepers throw)

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Free kicks
• Free kicks shall be classified as "direct" from
  which a goal may be scored against the offending
  team or "indirect" from which a goal may not be
  scored unless the ball is played by another
  player from either team

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Direct kick offenses    a. Tripping/kicking or
  attempting to trip/kick an opponent.   
  b. Deliberately handling ball.   
  c. Pushing/Holding    d. Unfair charging.   
  e. Charging the goalkeeper in possession of the
  ball.    f. Striking or attempting to strike an
  opponent.    g. Jumping at an opponent.   
  h. Using foul or abusive language or spitting at
  other persons.    i. Slide tackle (PK)

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Indirect free kick offensesa. Leaving the field
  of play without permission.b. The
  kicker playing the ball next after a kickoff,
  free kick, penalty kick, goal kick or corner
  kick or the thrower playing the ball before
  another player plays the ball.c. Kicking or
  attempting to kick the ball while it is in
  possession of the goalkeeper.
• d. Obstruction.
• e. Dangerous play.
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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Indirect free kick offenses continued
• f. Time violation by the goalkeeper.
• g. Goalkeeper picking up the ball, after it has
  been intentionally played back h. Delay of
  game.
• i. Unsportsmanlike conduct
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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Five Minute Break!
• Be back in your seat when the five minutes is up!

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Shootout Penalty Kicks
• Any player on the roster that has not been
  ejected may kick
• Once the goalie is selected, they cannot be
  replaced, but for injury or if they are ejected
• A coin toss will determine which team shoots
  first/last
• Teams will alternate kicks
• Once the kicking order has been determined, it
  cannot be changed
• In Co-rec, teams must use 3/2 or 2/3 M/F
• All five kicks will take place at one goal
• If tied after the series of 5 kicks, the kicks
  shall be taken alternatively in the same order
  until a team has one more goal than the other in
  the same amount of chances

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Player Conduct
• Yellow Card Caution
• Any player who receives a yellow card shall be
  replaced and shall not re-enter the match until
  the next opportunity for a substitute occurs
• Two yellows on the same person in the same game
  an ejection
• An ejected player may not be replaced
• Three yellows on the same team in the same game
  will fofeit that game
• Red Card
• Do not have to caution someone in order to give a
  red card
• Red card ejection
• Two ejected players in on the same team in one
  game will forfeit the game

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Violations Summary and Guidelines

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Slide Tackles Not your H.S. slide tackle!
• Slide tackles are illegal in Intramural Soccer.
• Teams are told not to slide feet first in an
  effort to make a play on the ball or someone in
  possession of the ball
• Goalies must also not slide feet first towards a
  player
• This results in a yellow card and a penalty kick
• Second violation on the same player results in a
  red card
• Lunges are not slide tackles

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Improper use of Bleeding Injuries, Jumping,
  Kicking, Spitting, Striking, Tripping
• Engaging in the above or attempting to do the
  same is dangerous and liable to cause injury
• In addition to penalizing with a direct kick, the
  referee shall caution or eject the player
  depending on the severity of the act
• Jumping at an opponent is different than jumping
  to play the ball

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Handling
• A player shall be penalized if the palyer
  deliberately handles the ball that is, carries,
  strikes or propels it with his or her hands or
  arms (this does not apply to the keeper within
  his or her penalty area)
• Result Direct free kick
• Inadvertent touching (the ball touching the hands
  or arms) shall not be penalized even though the
  player or the players team gains an advantage by
  such inadvertent touching

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Dangerous or Violent Charging
• A player shall be penalized for charging an
  opponent in a violent or dangerous manner
• In addition to penalizing with a direct kick, the
  referee shall either caution player if it is a
  misconduct or eject the player depending on the
  severity of the act
• If not deemed violent or dangerous but still
  illegal, an indirect kick can be awarded
• A fair charge consists of a nudge or contact with
  the near shoulder, when both players are in an
  upright position, within playing distance of the
  ball, and have at least one foot on the ground
  and their arms held close to the body

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Fighting
• A player, coach or bench personel shall be
  penalized if he or she deliberately strikes or
  attempts to strike another player, coach or bench
  personnel in a malicious manner or leaves the
  bench to participate in an altercation
• A fight is defined as a deliberate strike or
  attempt to strike another player, official, coach
  or bench personnel
• The acts may include, kicking, head-butting, hair
  pulling or an open-handed strike if done
  deliberately and in a malicious manner
• Two types of pushing infractions
• The kind where someone just wants the opposing
  player to give him distance
• This could be deemed misconduct and a yellow card
  could be issued
• The second is a shoving match that could lead to
  the fighting mentioned above
• Red cards should be given for this type of
  offense so as to prevent it becoming anything else

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Fouling the Goalkeeper
• The referee shall eject without previous caution
  any player who, with obvious intent, violently
  fouls the goalkeeper who is in possession of the
  ball in the keepers penalty area
• The awarded kick shall be a direct free kick
• Penalty kick in the situation described above!

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Obstruction
• A player shall be penalized for obstructing an
  opponent when not playing the ball that is,
  running between an opponent and the ball or
  interposing his or her body as to form an
  obstacle to an opponent
• Result Indirect free kick
• Tactical or legal obstruction occurs when a
  player places himself or herself between an
  opponent and the ball, keeping the ball within
  playing distance, and shields the ball in an
  attempt to not have it played by the opponent
• Playing distance relative to judging obstruction
  is whether the player with the ball can play the
  ball at any given moment or if the player is
  preventing an opponent from playing it

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Spring 2008 Soccer Rules Session

• Dangerous Play
• A player shall be penalized for engaging in play
  that is of dangerous nature or likely to cause
  injury to oneself or an opponent
• Result Indirect free kick
• Examples include
• Raising the foot to the level that may endanger
  an opponent when the opponent is in a normal
  stance
• Scissor kicking and bicycle kicking, which may
  endanger an opponent
• Lowering the head to a position level with or
  below the waist in an effort to head the ball in
  the presence of an oncoming player
• A player other than the keeper covering the ball
  while sitting, kneeling or lying on the ground

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Dates Info

• Mechanics Thursday, 3/27 in Boyden 19 _at_ 7pm
• Scrimmages Sunday, 3/30 _at_ 730pm (Rain or
  Shine!)
• Season Begins 3/31!
• Playoff Meeting 5/4 at 7pm in Boyden 223 (right
  across from 215)