INDOOR FIELD HOCKEY RULES

BASICS: INDOOR HOCKEY PLAYED BETWEEN TWO TEAMS OF SIX
PLAYERS (INCLUDING THE GOALKEEPER). GAMES CONSIST OF TWO 20-MINUTES PERIODS. A GOAL IS SCORED WHEN AN ATTACKER PUSHES THE BALL INTO THE OPPONENT'S GOAL FROM  WITHIN THE SCORING CIRCLE.

PLAYING THE BALL: IN INDOOR HOCKEY,PLAYERS MAY NOT
"HIT" THE BALL USING A SWEEPING MOVEMENT OF THE STICK OR 
SWINGING THE STICK OVER THE SHOULDER, BACK FLICK SHOTS OR LONG PUSHING OR SWEEPING SHOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

THE DEFINITION OF THE PUSH STROKE STATES THAT THE STICK MUST BE PLACED AT OR CLOSE  TO THE  BALL BEFORE THE BALL IS MOVED  WITH BOTH THE BALL AND STICK IN CONTACT WITH THE  FLOOR.

OBSTRUCTION:A PLAYER MAY NOT SHIELD OR OBSTRUCT THE
BALL FROM AN OPPONENT WITH THE BODY OR STICK.
ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE BALL AS IT IS DRIBBLED OR PASSED DOWN THE FIELD.

RAISED BALL: RAISING THE BALL IN RED LINE ZONE NOT ALLOWED
ALL THE TIME (BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY RESION).
A PLAYER MAY NOT RAISE THE BALL ON A FREE HIT.
CALLING A RAISE BALL BETWEEN 2 RED LINE  IS REFERY DISSIONS IF HE FINED IT DANGEROUS.

A PLAYER MAY NOT PLAY THE BALL WITH THE ROUNDED SIDE OF THE STICK.

A PLAYER MAY NOT CHARGE, HIT, SHOVE OR TRIP AN OPPONENT.

A PLAYER  MAY NOT PLAY THE BALL IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WAY.

A PLAYER MAY NOT RAISE THE STICK IN A DENGEROUS OR INTIMIDATING MANNER WHILE APPROACHING ATTEMPTING TO PLAY OR STOP THE BALL.

A PLAYER MAY NOT STOP OR DEFLECT THE BALL IN THE AIR OR ON THE GROUND WITH ANY PART OF THE BODY.

A PLAYER MAY NOT HIT, HOOK, HOLD OR INTERFERE AN OPPONENT
STICK.

FREE HIT: A FREE HIT IS AWARDED TO THE NON-OFFENDING SIDE,
NO PLAYER OF THE OPPOSING TEAM MAY BE WITHIN 3 YARDS O F THE BALL WHEN HIT.
THE BALL MUST BE STATIONARY ANT THE STRIKER MUST PUSH THE
BALL.
THE HITTER MAY NOT REPLAY THE BALL UNTIL ANOTHER PLAYER HAS
TOUCHED IT.

OFFENSES & MISCONDUCT
FOR ROUGH OR DANGEROUS PLAY, MISCONDUCT OR ANY INTENTIONAL OFFENSE THE UMPIRE WILL WARN THE OFFENDING PLAYER WITH A FIRST WARNING SAME PLAYER WITH SECOND WARNING UMPIRE WILL TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE PLAYER FOR 5 MINUTE .

USING FOUL LANGUAGE CALLING NAMES TO OTHER PLAYERS MAY
CAUSE SUSPENSATION  FOR ATLEAST 2 GAMES.
BETWEEN THE GAMES ANY KIND OF COACHING IS NOT ALLOWED.
A PLAYER MAY RAISE HIS HAND IF HE OR SHE SEES A FOUL A PLAYER
CAN'T ASK FOR THE FOUL FROM UMPIRE.