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LaxDad27
03-02-2006, 10:26 AM
I am beginning to coach my daughters 4th grade team and have a couple of questions.
First what restraining line is considered offsides? Can the defense use 2/3's of the field or are they limited to 1/3 the field.
Second how do you deputize someone to be a goalie?
Thanks
CTLaxer
03-02-2006, 10:36 AM
The defense and offense both get to use 2/3's of the field. Defensive players can go up to the restraining line by the goal they're attacking. Offensive players can go up to the restraining line by their own goal.
You don't need to deputize someone to be a goalie. The "Deputy" simply means anyone on your team that happens to be within the goal crease while your goalie is not.
LaxDad27
03-02-2006, 10:52 AM
Thanks,
I hoped it was something that simple.
Now to make it more complex. Both the D and the A can use the whole field. What you can't do is send more than 7 players into the attacking 1/3 or more than 7 players plus the goalie into the your defending 1/3. If you have not gone their already US Lax has a little bit about the rules and women's game on thier web site.
LaxDad27
03-02-2006, 11:47 AM
Thanks Ques,
I've played mens lax for years so i knew it's the amount of players not actual players, I just couldn't find anything anywhere about which restraining line they were talking about when offsides was mentioned.
Lax-Umpire
03-02-2006, 03:52 PM
Let's take a step back regarding a goalie Deputy. :read:
The deputy is a player on the defensive team who may enter or remain in the goal circle when her team has the ball and her teams goalie is not in the goal circle. She may NOT enter the goal circle when the offensive team has the ball.
Only the goalie (that is the girl that has the goalie equipment on for protection) can be in the goal while the other team has the ball.
LaxDad27
03-02-2006, 05:25 PM
I guess for safety reasons they don't want someone jumping in the cage to stop a shot without any gear.
So can my goalie make a save, leave the ball on the ground in the crease, leave the crease and then have another player go in the crease and play the ball?
goalieduck4hhs
03-02-2006, 08:14 PM
i once saw a team that was playing in the regional tournament for the regional title. and the goalie had a hurt shoulder and couldnt make any long clears. so what she did was she would run out make a short pass to open defender and then that defender would run into the goal. and then she made the clear.
Lax-Umpire
03-03-2006, 05:57 AM
For many youth teams that is exactly how the deputy rule is used. :thumbsup:
Two items to make sure the players know.
First - the goalie must be completly out of the circle before the deputy can enter.
Second - the deputy must completly enter the goal and then pick up the ball, if she just reaches in for the ball it will be a goal circle violation
Third - from the time the ball enters the goal circle, the team has 10 seconds to clear the ball. This really is a lot of time and would suggest you count off the time for the players while practicing using the deputy.
OK - that's three things.
Lax-Umpire
03-03-2006, 06:14 AM
so what she did was she would run out make a short pass to open defender and then that defender would run into the goal. and then she made the clear.
OK I'm confused. :thinking:
If the goalie makes a save and then takes the ball out of the goal circle, makes a pass to an open defender - that is all fine.
The defender then running into the goal and then making a clear - that would be a goal circle violation. No player, including the goalie, can carry the ball into the goal circle.
Let's try this sequence -
Goalie makes a fantastic stop on a shot. Places the ball on the ground inside the goal circle. Goalie runs out of hte goal circle and after that a teammate runs into the goal circle, picks up the ball and clear upfield.