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@Buffalo_Bill
Having observed that some people do not understand the league rules on restarts, I thought it was worth reposting them here - again.
The commonly misunderstood ones are:
A player does not have to tap-out in the centre after a goal, eg if a goalie dabbed whilst failing to stop a goal
The conceding team can cross after 2 scoring team players have returned to their own goal area but all 3 scoring team players must return to their own goal area before they can play the ball
The scoring team can cross after any conceding player crosses, as long as they have first returned to their goal area.
I would also like to see the following rule added:
Once a goal has been scored, and called by the ref, the scoring team must not touch the ball again until they have been back to their own goal area, and the conceding team has crossed, except where the ball has ricoched across half-court without being touched by the conceding team.
From the league rules
After a goal is scored/resetting the game
The conceding team is the team that has just allowed a goal to the opposing team.
In case of the ball ricocheting from the goal past half court, the conceding team must possess the ball before scoring team can possess it. The ref can instruct for the ball be passed back across half court
After a goal is scored, the scoring team must return to their own goal area and cannot come back across center court until the ball or any player of the conceding team has come past center court.
The conceding team takes possession of the ball. No conceding player with or without the ball can then pass half court until at least two players of the scoring team have returned to their goal area, one of these players can be a ‘goalie’ who was already in the goal area. In the case of the scoring team taking undue time returning to their goal, the referee can call ‘game on’. Likewise, in the case of the conceding team taking undue time taking the ball past half court, the ref can call ‘game on’.
A player is not required to tap out for a foot-down after a goal has been scored but must return to their goal area.
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