Girls Rules 17 & 18 July 2010

The Girls will follow the US Lacrosse 2010 Woman’s Rules. The following Rules will also apply:

  1. Team Certifications: All Coaches will be required to check-in to the Registration Tent at least 45 minutes prior to the start of their first game to certify their teams, pick up a final game schedule, pick-up T-shirts, any last minute changes and sign the Coaches Code of Conduct.
  2. Length of Game: All games will consist of two, 19 minute running-time halves, with a 2-minute halftime. There will be a central horn at the Start and End of Half, Start of Second Half and the end of all games. Five-minutes prior to the end of each game, warning will be provided by two short blasts of the horn. If either team is not ready to begin play, the game clock will rundown from the common start time reducing the length of game for those teams. No overtime periods will be played.
  3. Substitutions: Substitutions will be done on the fly or after goals.
  4. Slaughter Rule: A five-goal rule will be used for all games. As long as a team has a five-goal lead, the opposing team will have the option to receive the ball at the centerline following the goal or doing a draw. All coaches are requested to take appropriate steps to manage the total goals scored by their teams in a slaughter situation.
  5. Time Serving Penalties – Yellow and red cards will result in the team playing short for 3 minutes, as specified in the rule book. Coaches shall be responsible for keeping track of the time.
  6. Team time-outs: Each team may take one 30-second time out per half. No time-outs will be permitted in the last five minutes of the game. The game clock will continue to run during these Team time-outs and any Official time-outs.
  7. Unsportsmanlike Conduct: In addition to the Federation or the US Lacrosse rules, any player, coach or anyone associated with the team who: uses derogatory language (starting with damn) whether addressing a player, coach or official; engages in fighting or trash talking, or argues with an official will be subject to caution or ejection from the game and/or from the tournament. Anyone ejected from the tournament will not be allowed to participate in any remaining games in the tournament.
  8. # of Coaches on a Sideline: Each team will limit the # of coaches in the bench area to two, a Head Coach and an Assistant Coach.
  9. Game scores: Officials will keep track of all game scores that will be reported to the Registration Tent. A win will be given two points, a tie will be given 1 point and a loss will be given zero points which will be posted near the Registration Tent. The team with the highest amount of points at the end of the games in their bracket will be the champion or will continue on to play the winners in other brackets to determine the champion. See below for ties rules/clarification. PLEASE NOTE: It is the coach’s responsibility to check with the Tournament Director at the completion of their last scheduled game to determine who or if they will play to determine 1st or 2nd Place in their Division. The Referees or Umpires will be turning in scorecards at the conclusion of each game; each coach is requested to initial these cards as evidence of agreement of the final score of each game.
  10. Awards for each Division: Teams will compete for the medals. All brackets with 4 or more team will have a 1st and 2nd place medals
  11. Girls Rules (U13 & U15)
    a) U11 will play using Level C rules
    b) U13 will play using level B rules
    c) U15 will play using level A rules
    d) Three seconds closely guarded rule – U11, U13 AND U15 Good defensive position. The three seconds closely guarded rule will be a point of emphasis. No holding the ball for more than 3 seconds when closely guarded/marked and the defense has both hands on her stick and is position to legally check were checking allowed. The Umpire count is aloud: ‘one thousand, two thousand, three” whistle. e) Modified checking for U15’s Checking is only allowed if the ENTIRE stick is below the shoulder level. The check must be in a downward direction and away from the body. Note: any request for exceptions to this rule must be submitted to the tournament director in advance, and that accommodation may be made where both teams have requested an exception f) There will be no checking for U11 & U13’s 2
  12. Rules for Addressing Ties in Brackets: In the event of a tie in a Bracket after all teams complete their five games (except U17’s), the following strategy will apply to determine the champion: A. If 2 teams in a bracket are tied those teams will play a 4 Minute - Sudden Death - to determine the champion of that bracket. If there is more than one bracket, the winner will be invited to play another champion of another bracket until the Division Champion is determined. B. If 3 teams in a Bracket are tied the following play-off methodology will apply: a. Representatives from each team shall pick an “A”, “B” or “C” from a hat, b. “A” shall play “B” for a 4 Minute – Sudden Death until a winner is identified, c. The Winner of the “A” vs. “B” shall play “C” for a 4 Minute – Sudden Death to determine the winner of the Bracket. The winner will be invited to play another champion of another bracket until the Division Champion is determined.
  13. Water: Each team is responsible for bringing a water container to the tournament. A water source will be available at the tournament site.
  14. Clean up of bench areas after games: Each coach is requested to ensure that the bench area is picked-up after each game. Trashcans are available near bench areas and trash bags, if needed, are available in the Registration Tent. If you see a full trashcan, please notify the tournament director or a member of the tournament staff. 15) Resolution of problems or disputes: The Tournament Director (in consultation with the Girls Head Official, if required) will make all final rulings/decisions on any and all problems or disputes