PLAYERS
6v6 with five field players and a goalie.
FIELD SIZE
70 meters (76 yards) long and 36 meters (39 yards) wide.
TIMING
8-minute quarters with running time. Stops on goals and in final two minutes of fourth quarter.
SHOT CLOCK
45 Seconds
STARTING PLAY
Draws at the beginning of each quarter only. Goalies will restart play after a 5-second stoppage following goals.
CLEARING
Teams have 10 seconds to get the ball over the midfield line. Once they clear the midfield line, they may not go back.
OFFSIDES
None, only the goalie must stay on their half of the field.
PROSSESSION
When the ball goes out of bounds, the ball will be awarded to the opponent of the team that last touched the ball as well as on shots.
MINOR FOULS
Change of possession and reset of shot clock.
MAJOR FOULS
Fouls such as stick to head, unsportsmanlike conduct, slashing, tripping, cross check, illegal stick, dangerous propel and dangerous follow through result in a 30-second, non-releasable suspension from the game for the offending player. Any player accumulating four major fouls in a game will “foul out” as in basketball.
