Rules & Penalties
This penalty occurs when a player swings their stick recklessly and hits an opponent.
What is slashing?
This term describes the process of moving the ball from your defensive zone to your offensive zone.
What is a clear?
Your team just won a faceoff cleanly. The wings are covered. This is what you do next.
What is pull the ball out and settle?
This is a simple phrase you might yell when you're ready to help a teammate who's beat.
What is "I've got your help" or "slide"?
This is the number or players (including the goalie) that must stay behind the midfield line to avoid an offsides penalty.
What is three players?
This is the term for when your team is down one or more players due to a penalty.
What is man-down?
The ball is at X, and the defense is playing man to man. This is what the ball carrier is trying to force.
What is a slide?
These leadership roles often include setting the tone at practice and communicating with the ref.
What are captains?
These types of fouls are usually 1-minute releasable and include slashing, cross-checking, and illegal body checks.
What are personal fouls?
This letter is used to describe the area behind the goal where attackmen often dodge and feed.
What is X?
A midfielder is dodging down the alley. This is what the adjacent attackmen should do.
What is clear through or mirror dodge?
These are three things a good sideline teammate might do during a game.
What are calling matchups, encouraging teammates, and communicating substitutions?
This happens if a player enters the crease without the ball or makes contact with the goalie inside it.
What is a crease violation or goaltender interference?
This is the movement where a teammate cuts across the crease to open up space for the ball carrier.
What is a crease cut or cut through?
Your team has a 4 on 3 fast break. This is the basic passing pattern you should follow.
What is pass down, pass across, shoot (or the wheel pass)?
When you make a mistake, this is the best way to lead by example.
What is admit it, own it, and fix it?
This personal foul is called when defender initiates contact above the shoulders, below the waist, or from behind.
What is an illegal body check?
This defensive term refers to helping cover a teammate's man when he's beaten, usually by leaving your own assignment temporarily.
What is sliding?
You're man down and the ball is with the offense at X. This is how your defense should rotate.
What is protect the middle and slide early from the crease?
These are qualities that makes someone a leader, even if they're not a captain.
What are accountability, effort, communication, attitude, support, consistency?