Rules of Hockey

Observations and proposals about the Rules of Field Hockey

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  • Receiving exception
  • Suggestion.
  • Application of the Dangerously Played Ball Rules.
  • Making penalty corners less dangerous.
  • Rewriting the Rules of Hockey
  • Promises, promises.
  • Penalty corner deflections. Free ball awarded within the opposing 23m area.
  • “That’s the interpretation.”
  • Complete rewrite of the Rules of Hockey – Final Draft
  • A player receiving the ball or a player in possession of the ball?
  • Face masks and dangerous play – update for 2022
  • 707. Ball raised towards an opponent within 5m with a flick or scoop.
  • Raising the ball towards an opponent.
  • A shot towards the goal
  • Contact tackle and interpretation.
  • When is a Rule not a Rule.
  • What are the criteria for a dangerously played ball?
  • Referral restrictions
  • Forcing ball-body contact
  • Having received the ball…
  • Defining ‘Dangerous’
  • The New Normal – rejected
  • Coaching players to obstruct an opponent.
  • Change
  • The strange world of the dangerously played ball.
  • Pass or shot?
  • The invisible offence.
  • The invention of ‘Rules’
  • Contrast in application following Rule change
  • Limiting drag flicks
  • World Hockey misses the point.
  • Silly Rule and confusing yellow card.
  • A silk purse from a sow’s ear.
  • Dangerous Umpire Briefing
  • The case of the impossible video referral
  • Height limits
  • The letter of the Law.
  • The receiving exception restructuring
  • Change, intention and perceptions
  • The lifted ball coaching document.
  • Extraordinary
  • Simplification and Clarification
  • Obstruction Basics 3 The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  • Obstruction Basics Part Two
  • Did you get that.
  • Obstruction Basics Part One
  • Behind the play – not on-side of opponent
  • Not an offence – by who
  • Video referrals One.
  • Learning from Mistakes.
  • Guide Tape Dangerously Played Ball
  • Dangerously played ball.
  • Spin turn coaching and Rule
  • Spin turn coaching
  • Unqualified umpire.
  • “This is Obstruction” Coaching video 2004
  • Use of Stick Rules should be amended.
  • Dangerously confused
  • Forced onto
  • The destruction of the Obstruction Rule.
  • Penalty Power Play
  • Misquoting the Obstruction Rule
  • Free Hit Rules should be amended or deleted

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