Leadership

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Leadership Body Checking Female, Atom and
Below
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Rule 6.2 (b) Body Checking Female, Atom and
Below

• Minor penalty, or at the discretion of the
  Referee, a major penalty and a Game Misconduct
  based on the degree of violence of the body check
  or if an injury results.
• Must be the result of an intentional act to body
  check, bump, shove or push an opposing player
• A body check results when a player changes
  direction to go in the opposite direction of an
  opposing player.
• Body contact must be the result of the movement
  of the offensive player

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Situation 1 - Rule 6.2 (b) Body
CheckingFemale, Atom and Below

• Angling or Closing Off The Boards
• Steering or directing an opposing player into the
  boards
• Must stay the course - The defensive player has
  the right to close off the boards in order to
  force the puck carrier to slow down or towards
  the middle of the ice.
• No sudden change in direction by defensive or
  offensive player

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Angling
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) carries puck the
defensive player (yellow) angles attacking
player along boards. No change of direction no
penalty assessed
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Changing Direction
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) carries puck the
defensive player (yellow) angles attacking
player along boards then changes direction into
attacking player Penalty for body checking
assessed
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Situation 1 - Rule 6.2 (b) Body
CheckingFemale, Atom and Below

• Strength on Strength
• When two (2) players are leaning into one another
  battling for position and or control of the puck
• No one player can take advantage of the other
• If both players are working equally hard to gain
  position and control of the puck, there should
  not be a penalty
• Do not penalize a player because of size
  difference

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Strength on Strength
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) and defending player
(yellow) work hard to gain position and control
of the puck - neither player is taking unfair
advantage Strength on strength is not to be
penalized
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Situation 1 - Rule 6.2 (b) Body
CheckingFemale, Atom and Below

• Boarding
• By interpretation Taking more force than what is
  necessary to separate the puck from the puck
  carrier
• Not the right call in female, atom and divisions
  below
• The action of boarding is to be communicated as
  body checking.

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Situation 1 - Rule 6.2 (b) Body
CheckingFemale, Atom and Below

• Changing Direction
• Player must stay the course, no sudden change in
  direction that intentionally administers a body
  check, bump, push or shove to an opponent
• This applies to both offensive and defensive
  players

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Changing Direction
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) and defending player
(yellow) continue on a similar path with no
change in direction by the either player No
penalty assessed
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Changing Direction
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) advances the puck -
defending player (yellow) starts along same path
but then changes direction into the puck
carrier Penalty for body checking to be assessed
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Change in Direction
Attacking Team
D
A
Attacking player (blue) advances the puck -
defending player (yellow) starts along same path
but then changes direction into the puck
carrier Penalty for body checking to be assessed
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Education

• Body Checking vs Body Contact
• Female, Atom and Below
• Body contact is allowed
• Body checking is not allowed
• We must be diligent in educating fans, players,
  coaches, time keepers on the difference between
  body contact and body checking
• As an official, if you hear the penalty announced
  as body contact, take the time to educate the
  timekeeper
• Check the score-sheet to ensure the penalty is
  being recorded properly