SpEcIAL SITUATIONs AND GOALkEEpING - Wellington Floorball

Special Situations and GoalkeepingInternational Floorball FederationFace-offsFixed situationsFree-hits are the result of when a player is fouled and areconducted from where the foul occurred. Exceptions are freehitsin the goal area, where the ball is placed 3,5 meters fromthe goalkeepers area and fouls occurred behind the imaginarygoal line, where the ball is played from the corner faceoff dot.Fouls leading to free-hits can be found on the rules ofthe game along with the instructions on putting the ball inplay.Few things should be enforced to the players when puttingthe ball in play;1. The ball should be played with a stick and itshould be hit clearly, not dragged or lifted.2. The defensive players should have at least threemeters distance to the ball.3. The defensive players are not allowed to movecloser until the ball is put in play.A face-off is executed in the beginning of each periodand after a goal is scored. A face-off is also executed whenever the play is interrupted but a free-hit or a hit-in cannotbe rewarded to either of the teams. These can be forexample when the ball is damaged or if the referee couldn’tsee from which team’s player the ball was hit out of therink. The face-off should be executed at the nearest faceoffdot from the interruption and all players, excluding theone’s executing the face-off should position themselves atleast three meters from the face-off, including the sticks.4. If the distance is less than three meters, it willresult as a two minutes penalty.Players should pay close attention to the rule as the offensiveteam might try to lure the defensive team to move closerto the ball when the offensive players move before the ball.A face-off is executed by one player from each team. Theirfeet should be placed vertically to the middle line with bothfeet at the same distance from the centre line. The sticksshould be held with a normal grip and with both hands abovethe grip mark. The blades should be placed vertically to thecentre line on each side off the ball without touching the ball.10◄