SIHC Summer League 2009
Summer Hockey: Starting May 6th until July 29th on Wednesday's 7.00pm - 8.30 pm
It looks as though all the teams will play six games. It is anticipated that each team will have two/three selected squad juniors for their matches.
This year the teams are as follows: MIXED Sides
St. Ives Cheetahs Simon Penney
Email cheetahs@stiveshockeyclub.co.uk or Mobile 07793 000935 , Home 01480 300194
St. Ives Lions Ben Scarrow
Email lions@stiveshockeyclub.co.uk Mobile 07752 737689
St. Ives Pumas Andy Land
E-mail pumas@stiveshockeyclub.co.uk Mobile 07841 993733
St. Ives Tigers Amy Drummond
Email tigers@stiveshockeyclub.co.uk Mobile 07882 525607 , Home 01487 711008
For all Summer league games the new rules will be used.
Summary:
1) From a free hit awarded to the attack within the 23m area, the ball must not be played into the circle until it has travelled at least 5m or has been touched by a player of either team other than the player taking the free hit.
2) A self-pass from a free hit has therefore been introduced. It enables the player taking the free hit to play the ball again after taking the free hit which will encourage free-flowing hockey. - Full details
Rules in Full
Appendix 1 Statement from FIH Rules of Hockey 2009: free hit
One of the objectives of the FIH and therefore of the Hockey Rules Board (HRB) is to decrease the number and duration of interruptions to the flow of play and to increase the length of time the ball is in active play. A self-pass from a free hit has therefore been introduced. It enables the player taking the free hit to play the ball again after taking the free hit which will encourage free-flowing hockey. As with other actions on the hockey pitch, this must take place safely. Other aspects of the free hit rules have therefore been reviewed. The HRB is concerned that the ball is often played hard, indiscriminately and therefore potentially dangerously into the circle from free hits in the attacking 23 M area. In future, these free hits must not be played directly into the circle. FIH believes these are indications of the way it wishes to see hockey develop. Exciting innovations will take place but there will also always be a concern that the game should be as safe as reasonably possible. These Rules changes above are referred to as Mandatory Experimental Rules. They are mandatory because they must be played throughout hockey; they are experimental to show that they will be reviewed after experience before deciding if they become permanent Rules. When the full set of the Rules of Hockey is published, small changes to some wording and various additional notes will also added to clarify certain current rules. It is anticipated that the full set of Rules will be published in the next month or so.
The text of the relevant free hit Rules will be as follows:
13.1 Location of a free hit:
a) a free hit is
taken close to where the offence occurred
‘Close to’ means within playing distance of where the offence occurred and
with no significant advantage gained.
The location from which a free hit is taken must be more precise inside the
23m area.
b) a free hit awarded within 5M of the circle to the attack is taken at
the nearest point 5m from the circle
c) a free hit awarded outside the circle to the defence within 15m of the
back-line is taken up to 15m from the back-line in line with the location of the
offence, parallel to the side-line
d) a free hit awarded inside the circle to the defence is taken anywhere inside
the circle or up to 15m from the back-line in line with the location of the
offence, parallel to the side-line.
13.2 Procedures for taking a free hit, centre pass and putting the ball back into play after it has been outside the field:
a) the ball must be
stationary
b) opponents must be at least 5m from the ball
If an opponent is within 5m of the ball, they must not interfere with the
taking of the free hit or must not play or attempt to play the ball. If this
player is not playing the ball, attempting to play the ball or influencing play,
the free hit need not be delayed.
c) when a free hit is awarded to the attack within the 23m area, all players
other than the player taking the free hit must be at least 5m from the ball
d) the ball is moved using a push or hit
e) the ball must not be raised intentionally directly from the free hit
f) if the player taking the free hit is the next player to play the ball, the
actions of taking the free hit and of next playing the ball must be two separate
actions
g) before another player of the team which took the free hit is allowed to play
the ball, the ball must move at least 1m
The ball does not have to move 1m before the player taking the free hit may
play the ball again.
h) from a free hit awarded to the attack within the 23m area, the ball must not
be played into the circle until it has travelled at least 5m or has been touched
by a player of either team other than the player taking the free hit.