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GAME PLAY FACEOFFS


WHAT IS IT? Play shall be started at the beginning of the game, each quarter,


and after each goal. Both players go down into the face-off position and are adjusted by the official. Once in place the ball is placed between their sticks and the faceoff is executed.


FUNDAMENTALS


DOWN Faceoff midfielders meet at the center X and crouch down with their sticks on the ground parallel to the center line.


SET Players sticks and bodies are adjusted by the official issuing verbal commands. Once completed the


players are set.


WHISTLE On the whistle players try to gain possession of the ball.


POSITIONING Wing Midfielders line up on the wing lines and may patriciate in the faceoff. Attack and Defensive players are confined to remain in the defensive area until possession is called.


PLAY SAFE


Wing players cannot make body contact with the two players at the faceoff because the two players facing off are often hunched over focusing on the ball which puts them in a vulnerable position.


A wing player may take a position anywhere behind the wing line.


The player taking the faceoff will often communicate with his wingmen to let them know where he hopes to draw the ball.


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WHEN at the beginning of a game, to start each period, or after a goal


WHERE the X in the middle of field


WHO one faceoff player from each team and two teammates on either wing


WHY to give each team an equal chance to gain possession


DEVELOPMENTAL


Excellent reaction time is crucial for faceoffs.


The “clamp” is when a player momentarily covers the ball with his stick off the faceoff whistle. This is a basic yet very effective faceoff move.


The “pinch and pop” is a legal faceoff maneuver. However, the ball must be out of the back of the stick within one step, after gaining possession.


At any point there is six-goal lead, the team behind will be given the ball at the center line in lieu of a faceoff unless waived by the coach of the trailing team. (At U9 and U11 levels only).


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