Floor Hockey Handout
Safety Rules
1.The blade must stay below your waist
2.The ball must stay below your knees
3.No baton twirling with the stick
4.No sword fighting with the stick
5.No hitting
6.No tripping
7.No flicking rocks or anything equivalent
The Game
- An official Marshall floor hockey team consists of six players. The players consists of one goalie, two defensive players, and three forwards.
- A face-off at the center between the two center forwards is used to start the game and to restart the game after each goal has been scored.
- One point is scored for each goal.
Players
- Goalie- may stop shots with hands, feet or stick and must release the puck to either corner within three seconds. The puck may not be thrown or shot toward the opposition’s goal. Their primary objective is to defend the goal.
- Offensive players- the offensive players may not go beyond the centerline. They must stay in the opponent’s half of the court. Their primary objective is to score goals.
- Defensive players-cannot go forward of the center line, they must stay in their own half of the court. Their primary objective is to help the goalie protect the goal.
Stick-Handling Skills
- Dribbling- Move the puck forward out in front of you with short taps or pushes.
- Shooting Techniques- Wrist shot is used for shorter distances and quick execution. Slap shot is used for moderate to long distances and is executed with a back swing.
- Passing- Keep the stick blade upright and use a smooth sweeping motion. Always face your blade towards your intended target.
- Receiving- Tilt the stick blade to ‘give’ at the moment of impact.
- Shot-Blocking- Crouch slightly, holding the stick in front of your body with one hand. Use the other to catch or knock the puck away (used by the goalie).
- Dodge- Push the puck to one side of the defender and move around to the other side.
- Checking- To use a poke or jab, hold the stick with one hand and poke or thrust the stick forward to knock the puck away from the opponent’s stick. For a sweep check, move the stick in a sweeping motion to take the puck away and secure control of the puck.
Penalties
- Penalty shot on goal- Raising the puck or ball higher than knee level. A penalty shot may be shot from anywhere outside the goalie’s crease; the puck is dead after the shot.
- Fouls-The puck is given to the opposition at the place where the foul occurred.
-touching the puck with the hands (except the goalie).
-goalie playing the puck forward
-the guards or forwards moving across the center line.
-stepping on, holding, or lying on the puck.
-no flicking rocks, no jousting, no twirling of the stick or hitting with the stick.
*The defending team must retreat 5 yards when the puck is put into play.
- Personal Fouls-Players committing the following personal fouls are given a two minute penalty for the first offense and expelled from the game for the second. Depending on severity of the foul the player may be expelled from the game on the first offense.
-swinging the blade of the stick above the waist.
-pushing or body checking.
-hacking or striking another player with the stick.
-tripping with the stick.
-bad language.
Helpful Hints
- Don’t dribble when you can make a constructive pass.
- Move to the open space to receive the ball and move away from the defender who is guarding you to gain a better position and time to control the ball and pass.
- Don’t always pass forward. Give square passes and back passes. This will draw the opposition players forward and out of position.
- Play the simple balls and give easy passes.
- Don’t criticize your teammates - - we all make mistakes and have bad days.
- Never turn away from the ball. Watch it at all times.
- Back up teammates and help cover the space behind them.
- Always move towards the pass; never wait for the pass to come to you.
- What you do when you don’t have the ball is just as important as knowing what to do when you have the ball.
- A well-placed shot is more effective than a hard shot.
- Look one way, pass the other.