KLOA Personal Fouls

Meeting 2/24/13 KLOAPersonal Fouls Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls • Rule 5; Pages 51-59 • More Serious in Nature than Technical Fouls • 9 fouls • Time Serving • 1-3 minutes • Releasable/Non-Releasable • Depends on Severity and Intent Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls • 2013 Points of Emphasis • Hits to the Head or Neck • Multiple Minutes – Non Releasable • An Extremely Violent violation of the rule can be Ejection Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls - Classification • Checks Cross Check/Illegal Body Check/Checks – Head/Neck • Contact Tripping/Slashing/Unnecessary Roughness • Equipment Illegal Crosse/Illegal Equipment • Conduct Unsportsmanlike Conduct Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls - Signals • Know the Signals – Important Communication • Utilize C-N-O-T-E (Color, #, Offense, Time, Ejection) • New Auxiliary Signal – Check to Head • Signals 21 – Personal Foul – followed by: 22 – Illegal Body Check 23 - Slashing 24 – Cross Checking 25 - Tripping 26 – Unnecessary Roughness 27 – Unsportsmanlike Conduct 28 – Illegal Crosse 29 – Deep Pockets 30 – Illegal Equipment 31 - Ejection Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Cross Check • Using the handle/shaft of crosse between hands either by thrusting away from the body or extended from the body Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Illegal Body Check • Body Checking an opponent who does not have ball or not within 5 yards of ball • Body Checking an opponent from the rear or at/below waist or above the shoulder • Body Checking an opponent who has any part of body other than feet on the ground • Watch for players turning their back, jumps or moves to avoid what started as a legal check appear illegal, if contact occurs, this is not a foul. Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Head/Neck Checks • Initiation of contact to opponent’s head/neck with a cross-check, body or stick • Spearing (block or initiate contact with head – either offensive or defensive player) • Point of Emphasis • Excessive, violent or uncontrolled slash to H/N • Non-Releasable – Recommended 2 minute • Slashing with contact to H/N is not always N/R Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Illegal Crosse • Illegal Crosse - 1-3 minutes non-releasable Deep Pockets – 1 minute non-releasable/can be fixed Altered Crosse – 3 minutes non-releasable/out of game/remains at table (Length/Head/Two Ball Stops/Stuck in Pocket) All Strings must be 2” – No Foul • A1 scores – inspection determines illegal crosse on scorer – goal disallowed; 1-3 minute non-releasable (if A2 – goal counts, enforce penalty) • A1 scores – inspection requested/A1 adjusts stick – 1 minute Unsportsmanlike plus potential crosse penalty if found - goal disallowed Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Illegal Equipment • Point of Emphasis – stick checks (4x per game) should include all equipment • End Caps and Handle Tape – not illegal; get fixed • 1 minute non-releasable Holes in palm of gloves/No gloves B1 - No shoulder pads or arm pads (not cumulative – just 1 minute) or long cleats (> half inch) or metal cleats. No Mouthpiece Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls - Slashing • Swinging at opponent’s crosse or body with deliberate viciousness or reckless abandon May or may not include contact Watch reverse back checks/checks to the back Repeatedly striking glove = Slash Follow through on shot – No slash Scooping the ball follow through is not a slash Slash or Brush – know the difference Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls - Tripping • A player may not trip an opponent with any part of his body or crosse (must be a positive action) • Obstruction at or below waist with crosse, hands, arms, legs, feet Legal check – No trip Scooping loose ball – No trip Incidental contact (getting tangled up) – No trip Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Unnecessary Roughness • Excessive force/violence • Holds or Pushes (Excessive) • Actions to look for: Deliberate Avoidable Punching blow Watch Late Hits on Shooter/ passer • May be “technically” legal (e.g. body check, contact against screener) Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Unsportsmanlike Conduct • Arguing with officials • Threatening, profane, obscene language or gestures • Taunting • Overt celebration - Undue attention to oneself • Deliberately use hand or fingers to play the ball or grab an opponent’s crosse with the open hand or fingers. (Faceoff) • Verbal simulation of faceoff • Repeatedly commit same technical foul • Deliberately failing to comply with playing rules Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Fouling Out • 5 total minutes of personal fouls in the game = “disqualification” for that game • Not an ejection • Use “fouling out” terminology • 5 minutes not 5 fouls Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls - Ejection • Deliberately striking or attempting to strike anyone • Leaving the bench area during altercation • Use of tobacco or smokeless tobacco • Second non-releasable Unsportsmanlike Foul • Flagrant Misconduct (as deemed by officials) • Ejection = 3 minute non-releasable penalty • PIAA On-Line Paperwork/Reporting required • Deliberate Attempt to Injure. Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – EnforcementFlag Down/Slow Whistle • Drop Flag/ Verbalize “Flag Down” • Continue Officiating until (Section 8, Article2) • Enforce Penalty • Goal Scored – goal counts/man down faceoff (penalty wiped out if technical foul) • No Goal – restart at point of suspension or free clear; if in goal area – move laterally outside Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Fouls called on players of opposing teams during: • Live Ball • Dead Ball when sequence cannot be determined • Play-On or Slow Whistle • If possessing team commits foul, immediate whistle • Penalty Time • No Play-On or Slow Whistle – if all technical fouls they cancel • If possessing team commits only technical fouls, no time served • If possessing team commits personal foul, all players involved serve time – lesser time non-releasable for both • Award Ball • If penalty time awarded, award ball to team with less time • If penalty time equal, award ball to team in possession at time of whistle or (if no possession) use AP Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Situation • Loose Ball – B1 pushes A1 (play-on) • A1 then slashes B1 • Ruling • Simultaneous – Team A entitled to possession • B1 – 30 seconds; A1 – 1 minute • First 30 non-releasable for both • Award to Team B Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Situation • A1 possession – B1 slashes A1 – Flag Down • A2 interferes with B2 • Ruling • Simultaneous Fouls • Blow whistle – B1 serves 1 minute; No time served for A • Award to A Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Situation • B1 slashes A1, slow whistle • A1 scores • Immediately after whistle, officials discover A2 was offside • Ruling • Goal disallowed • B1 serves penalty – Award to A Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Situation • B1 commits personal foul – Slow Whistle • Team A scores • A1 commits technical foul • Ruling • Not simultaneous • B1 serves time (1 minute); No time for A • Award to B Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

Personal Fouls – Simultaneous Fouls • Situation • Loose ball • B1 goes offside • A2 pushes B2 • Ruling • Simultaneous – Blow whistle • Fouls cancel • Use AP (since ball is loose) Keystone Lacrosse Officials Association

KLOA Personal Fouls