The ball is out of play when it passes completely over the side-line or backline.
7.2 Play is restarted by a player of the team which did not touch or play the ball
immediately before it went out of play.
7.3 When the ball travels over the side-line, play is re-started where the ball
crossed the line and the procedures for taking a free hit apply.
7.4 When the ball is played over the back-line and no goal is scored:
a if played by an attacker, play is re-started with the ball up to 15 metres
from and in line with where it crossed the back-line and the procedures for
taking a free hit apply
b if played unintentionally by a defender or deflected by a goalkeeper, play is
re-started with the ball on the mark 5 metres from the corner of the field on
the side-line nearest to where the ball crossed the back-line and the
procedures for taking a free hit apply
c if played intentionally by a defender, unless deflected by a goalkeeper,
play is re-started with a penalty corner.
8 Method of Scoring
8.1 A goal is scored when the ball is played within the circle by an attacker and
does not travel outside the circle before passing completely over the goal-line
and under the cross-bar.
The ball may be played by a defender or touch their body before or
after being played in the circle by an attacker.
8.2 A goal is scored if awarded as a result of a penalty stroke.
9 Conduct of Play: Players
Players are expected to act responsibly at all times.
9.1 A match is played between two teams with not more than eleven players of
each team on the field at the same time.
9.2 Players on the field must hold their stick and not use it in a dangerous way. |
