Face Off
Incorrect Distance
Holding
Pushing
High Stick
Floorball is a fast, skillful game which can be played by children, women, mixed teams and men, socially or at a frenetic pace during competition play.
Teams:
- Each team will consist of either, six field players who must have a stick in hand, or five field players and a goalkeeper who shall not have a stick and must remain in the goal area at all times.
- Players must have matching uniforms.
- All players must be registered.
- Each half will begin with a face-off at the centre mark.
- Players must stand in their own half.
- When a goal is scored, the game will recommence with a face off at the centre when the referee blows the whistle.
- You cannot strike or hack an opponents stick when they are in control of the ball.
- You cannot lift or press an opponents stick when they have the ball.
- Pushing an opponent is not allowed.
- You must not place your stick between an opponents legs.
- The blade of the stick must remain below knee height while playing the ball.
- High balls are allowed.
- The ball may not be played with the hands or head, ( except goal keeper ) but feet, legs and chest are allowed ( one touch only i.e. foot, stick, foot ).
- You cannot jump for a ball.
- You cannot play the ball when on the ground. This includes if both knees or either hand is touching the ground ( one knee is allowed, goal keepers exempt ).
- You may not pass the ball, or score, using the foot.
- You cannot back into an opposing player.
- Teams may have unlimited substitutions.
- A face off will occur if the referee is undecided on an incident.
- If the ball hits the referee then a face-off will take place.
- Play-on may be called by the referee after an offence has been committed but the attacking team still has control of the ball.
- Goals can be scored off the stick of an attacking player ( no body contact ). If the ball deflects off a defending player then the goal will be awarded.
- Goals will not be awarded if an attacking player is in the goal area ( sticks allowed ).
- If the ball is hit out over the side boards( or above the side line ) the non offending team will play the ball 1 metre inside the boards where the ball went out.
- Goals cannot be scored from a hit in.
- Goals can be scored from a free hit.
- Opposition players must give 3 metres clearance from any hit-in or free-hit.
- If a free-hit is awarded in front of the goal, it must be taken back to any point 3 metres from the goal area.
- Penalty shots will be awarded at the discretion of the referee.
- The referee may also send off a player for violent play, complaining to the referee, delaying the game intentionally or constant free hit offences. A minimum send off will last 2 minutes.
- The penalty shot will be taken from the centre mark by an attacker against only the goal keeper.
- During the penalty shot the ball must not be allowed to move back towards the centre, if it does then the penalty is over an no score will be given.
- The penalty shot must be concluded in 15 seconds or no score will be awarded.
- After a penalty shot, regardless of the result, the game will be restarted with a face off in the centre.
- The court will be surrounded by sideboards 40-50 cms high. A wall may also be used by marking a line along the wall.
- Goals will be either Unihoc, Franklin or Ozbandy style and size.
- The goals will be located at each end of the court to allow play to carry on behind them.
- Court markings will include a centre mark and goal keeping area.
- The court flooring will be a hard surface but not slippery i.e. concrete or floorboards.
- The court size shall not be larger than 20 metres wide by 40 metres long.
Please note : The above rules are not international standard rules for floorball. They are modified rules for social, children and competition games.