Stick Check Rules

[laxattack1616]

What are the rules of a stick check? How far can you wind up, ect.?

[LaxRef]

What are the rules of a stick check? How far can you wind up, ect.?


Here's what you can't do:

Slashing includes the following actions:

a. Swinging a crosse at an opponent’s crosse or body with deliberate
viciousness or reckless abandon, regardless of whether the opponent’s
crosse or body is struck.

b. Striking an opponent in an attempt to dislodge the ball from his crosse,
unless the player in possession, in an attempt to protect his crosse, uses
some part of his body other than his head or neck to ward off the thrust of
the defensive player’s crosse and, as a result, the defensive player’s crosse
strikes some part of the attacking player’s body other than his head or neck.

c. Striking an opponent in any part of the face, on the neck, in the chest, on
the back, on the shoulders, in the groin or on the head with the crosse
(including its butt end), except when done by a player in the act of passing,
shooting or attempting to scoop the ball.

Note: In all situations except when a player’s gloved hand on his own crosse is in
contact with a line marking, that hand shall be considered part of his crosse.

A.R. 14. A1, in the act of shooting or passing, strikes B1 on the head because of his legitimate
follow-through motion. Has A1 committed a foul for striking an opponent on the
head? RULING: No.

A.R. 15. B1, while playing A1, makes contact on A1’s head with his crosse. Has a foul
been committed? RULING: Contact in and of itself does not constitute a foul. The contact
must be a definite blow or strike.

A.R. 16. Can a defensive player, who does not have reasonable access to an opponent’s
crosse and makes no apparent attempt to dislodge the ball or prevent a feeder’s pass,
choose to strike repeatedly the lower gloved hand on the crosse with undue force to
inflict physical damage? RULING: No—slashing, personal foul.

A.R. 17. The one-hand wraparound check with the crosse is legal. The check must be
crosse-on-crosse, and no holding may be done with the free hand.

A.R. 18. A1, advancing toward B1, holds his crosse back with one hand and protects his
crosse with the other arm. B1 then swings his crosse and strikes A1’s protecting arm.
RULING: Personal foul—slashing against B1.

A.R. 19. A3 has beaten defender B2, who swings crosse in a check and strikes A3 on the
shoulder or across the back in an attempt to get A3’s crosse. RULING: Slashing. This is
an illegal back check.

[hawaiilaxer2003]

why are wrap checks illegal in the high school level?
i mean if applied properly (stick to stick contact).

[bigfootprep53]

i never knew it wast allowed in high school lax cuz i used it all the time last year and never got called for it. but i always got called for illegal body checks even tho they werent cuz i would hit the player w/ the ball w/ my shoulder hitting him in front and inbetween the waist and shoulders and it was always by this one ref named nick. or i would just have to touch him w/ my hands together on the stick and get called for an illegal body check

[laxfan25]

why are wrap checks illegal in the high school level?
i mean if applied properly (stick to stick contact).
They're not illegal via the rule book - it may be a local rule. Where they are legal there are a couple things we look for; 1) what is the wrapper doing with the free hand? If he places it on the other player he will typically get called for a hold. 2) how much of a wind-up is he doing as he applies the check? Does he have the stick under control? A big windup with an inability to stop the check, even if it is stick-on-stick, can still be considered an uncontrolled check and get a slash call.

[bigfootprep53]

when u do a wrap check ur free hand cant be on the guys back correct? ur free hand isnt holding the player either.

[LaxRef]

why are wrap checks illegal in the high school level?
i mean if applied properly (stick to stick contact).

As LF25 says, it's legal under NCAA and NFHS rules, but there may be a local rule variation prohibiting it. Most youth rules ban one-handed checks.

If you do a wrap check and you don't know what you're doing, you can really hurt someone, which is why it's usually banned at the youth level.

[laxfan25]

when u do a wrap check ur free hand cant be on the guys back correct? ur free hand isnt holding the player either.
That is correct - when I see the free hand applied to the other player, even if you're not grabbing his jersey, you're usually going to get a hold call.

[CoachRob]

Wrap checks can be awfully dangerous and should IMO be outlawed in anything under the varsity HS level. Plus, it is often accompanied by a free hand push to the back, which makes it a hard move to execute effectively without putting the attacker at risk. The speed of the head can be very high in a wrap check and I have seen broken bones result, with the offender getting a 1 minute penalty. Now, that hardly seems fair.