FORMS
2007 FIELD HOCKEY
GUIDE
I. SEASON
1. Field hockey has been
classified as a fall sport by the V.P.A. According to the V.P.A.
definition of the fall season, the fall season may open August
13th and conclude Saturday, October 27th.
2. No school shall schedule
more than fourteen games exclusive of playoffs sanctioned by the
V.P.A. A maximum of three scrimmages are allowed from the first
day of practice until the tournament pairings.
3. If a varsity
team receives more than two ejections or disqualifications(of athletes
or coaches) during the course of the season, the coach, AD and/or
Principal of the school must meet with the Activities Standards
Committee before the school will be admitted to or allowed to continue
in the VPA past season tournament. The meeting will occur regardless
of a teams standing in the regular season or tournament. The intent
of this meeting is to discuss the situations that occurred and the
steps being taken to address the situation. Failure to meet with
the ASC would result in the school/team being ineligible to participate
in the VPA tournament.
II. RULES
1. The official National Federation Rules will be used.
Please look at the new rules changes on the inside cover of the
NFHS rulebook. Please note especially the rules changes for 2007
found on the inside cover of the rulebook. **Of these changes, please
note 1-2-1e (broken line 5 yards outside hitting circle) and 1-6-4
(stick requirement beginning January, 2009). **
The following are exceptions:
Field Hockey Overtime
Procedures
Tied games: The following overtime procedure shall be used during
the regular season when a game is tied at the end of regulation
play.
a. There will be a five-minute intermission between the end of regulation
and the start of the ten-minute SUDDEN VICTORY
overtime period. The HOME team will call the coin
toss and the winner of the coin toss shall have the choice of possession
or direction of attack. The team not winning the toss shall have
the remaining choice.
b. A team will consist
of SIX PLAYERS AND A FULLY EQUIPPED GOALKEEPER.
All game rules apply
with the following modifications:
1. On penalty corners, the defending team is permitted to have only
four players behind
its goal line (goalkeeper and three field players). The penalty
corner will be played out
as it is during regulation play.
2. No team will start the overtime with less than seven players;
the other team will
maintain the numerical advantage, if applicable. (i.e. A blue team’s
player receives a
yellow card during the overtime. The blue team will play with only
6 players for the
length of the blue team’s player’s suspension —5
minutes.)
A player or players
shall be added to maintain the numerical advantage in overtime.
(i.e. A blue team’s player was red carded in regulation; therefore
this player-cannot
play for the remainder of the game and overtime. The red team held
an 11 v 10
advantage in regulation, which becomes an 8 v 7 advantage during
overtime.)
3. Any player who has been issued a yellow card during regulation
play is eligible at the
end of the five-minute suspension. (A blue team’s player was
yellow carded with two
minutes left in regulation, therefore this blue team player cannot
play until three minutes have elapsed in the overtime period.)
*
4. If overtime
is started with 8 v 7, when the penalty expires, the remainder of
that OT period will be 8 v 8. If an additional OT period is
required it will revert back to 7 v 7.
5. Regardless of time outs left or used during regulation, EACH
TEAM IS PERMITTED ONLY ONETIME OUT DURING OVERTIME PLAY.
6. The game is completed as soon as a goal has been scored. During
regular season
play, if the score is tied at the end of the sudden victory period,
the game will end in a
tie.
a. See tiebreaker for tournament play.
2. MINIMUM STANDARDS
FOR SUITABLE FIELD HOCKEY FIELDS:
a. The field shall be rectangular area 100 yd x 60 yd. See Rule
1-2-1
b. The entire playing surface shall be TURF or grass of
no longer than 1 1/2 inches per NFHS Rule 1-2-1.. Exceptions
can be made for small balding areas due to grass dying.
c. No part of the
grass playing field shall contain outstanding field markings for
any other sport, football, soccer, softball or baseball infield
areas or any other unnatural obstacles. Although a field may be
satisfactory for seasonal game use, it may be judged unsuitable
for tournament play.
Determination and rationale
shall be identified by the V.P.A. Field Hockey designees.
NOTE: FROM THE
RULE BOOK: It is recommended that playing fields and
surrounding areas be kept in such condition to enhance good play
and insure safety, i.e. grass cut short, holes and ruts filled in,
etc.
d. The slope of the field shall not be too extreme.
e. Field markings
shall follow the rules set down in the National Federation Rule
Book, 1-2-2 Also, 1-3-1 on Goals and Nets.
NOTE: Pay particular attention to correct circle measurements and
construction.
f. The officials are required to check the book at half time with
the scorers and timers who will be at midfield. THE OFFICIALS MUST
SIGN THE BOOK.
g. At all interscholastic field hockey games the coaches are restricted
to the bench area, which will extend beyond the 25-yard line and
the mid stripe on the team's side of the field.
h. The V.P.A. strongly urges that restraining facilities be used
at regular season play.
i. An administrator or his/her designated assistant must be present
at all home games and introduced to the game officials.
III. TOURNAMENT
SCHEDULE
1. To qualify for tournament
consideration, a team must have completed at least an eight game
schedule with three different schools by the time of the pairings
and submit an application.
2. FINAL, COMPLETED APPLICATIONS
MUST BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE VPA OFFICE NO LATER THAN 10A.M.
OCTOBER 15.
*Last game to count,
Oct.13. No exception to this date [ASC, Feb. 2001]
*Pairings - October 15 Noon
*First round playoffs – October 17/18
*Quarterfinals – October 19/20
*Semi Finals - October 23/24
*Finals - October 27 – UVM
Order of Finals:
TBA-Division II
TBA-Division III
TBA-Division I
*For the finals, the tournament director shall be responsible for
making the decision, in case of inclement weather, whether or not
the game will be played, or continued if play has started.
IV. TOURNAMENT
PROCEDURE
1. No double headers
are to be scheduled on a school day. Play downs, quarterfinals and
semi-finals will be played on the field of the higher seeded team
if the field is suitable. If the higher seeded team's field
is unsuitable, the higher seeded team will have the right to find
another suitable field presently not on the VPA unsuitable list,
to play and notify the VPA by October 3. If they can't solidify
another field, they go to the lower seeded field. To host a field
hockey tournament game, the field must be played on a minimum of
three (3) times. If both fields are unsuitable, the VPA
will assign a neutral field. On a neutral field schools will share
expenses. The championship field (UVM) cannot be used, or practiced
on, during the tournament.
2. During play downs,
quarterfinals, and semi-finals, when a game ends with the score
tied, the teams will play UP TO TWO 10 MINUTE SUDDEN VICTORY,
7 V 7 OVERTIME
PERIODS. (Regular season 7 v 7 overtime rules will apply.) There
will be a 5-minute
intermission between the game and first overtime period. If a second
overtime is needed, there is to be a 2 minute intermission with
the teams switching ends and the team NOT
getting the first ball possession will start with the ball. If the
teams are still tied after the two sudden victory periods, the tie
shall be broken with PENALTY STROKES. During the
championship, two 5 minute sudden victory (7 vs. 7) will be played.
In case of a tie, refer to 3d. and 3e below.
3. Penalty Strokes
a. There is to be a 5-minute intermission between the sudden victory
overtimes and the start of the penalty strokes. The HOME
team will call the coin toss and the winner will choose whether
to attack or defend the goal. The officials shall choose which goal
will be used during the penalty strokes.
b. Each team shall choose
5 players to take the penalty strokes and set the stroking order.
If a player has been red carded during the game or overtime, she
is ineligible for the strokes. If a player has been yellow carded
with less than 5 minutes remaining in the second overtime period,
she is ineligible for the strokes.
c. The teams will alternate
taking the strokes in the order listed (1-5). If a player strokes
out of order, that attempt is over and no goal (if scored) is awarded.
(Red #3 strokes in place of Red #2 and scores, the official
shall rule no goal. Red # 2’s stroke is over and Red #3 will
stroke in her correct order.)
d. The first set of
strokes ARE NOT sudden victory, but if there is a numerical
impossibility for one team to overcome, the strokes are done and
the game is ended. (The red team’s first three strokers make
their shots but the blue team’s first three miss their strokes,
it is impossible for the blue team to win.)
e. If the score is tied
after the first set of strokes, there will be a 2-minute intermission
and SUDDEN VICTORY PENALTY STROKES will be taken.
The team not stroking first in
the first set shall stroke first in the second set. The strokers
and/or order of strokers may be changed prior to the start of the
second set. The team awarded more goals than their opponent, after
an equal number of strokes have been taken, shall be declared the
winner.
Only the coaches and remaining team members may be on the field
behind the 25-yard line.
f. The teams shall move
towards the sidelines, opening up a space in front of the goal area.
g. The adult scorekeeper
should be on the field to assist with the recording of the order
of the strokers and any goals scored.
h. If the score remains
tied after the first set of sudden victory strokes, sets of 5 sudden
victory strokes with 2-minute intermissions between them will continue
until there is a
winner. The teams shall alternate stroking first or defending the
goal throughout the penalty stroke sets.
4. If the game is interrupted
due to darkness during the overtime procedures,
the game will be resumed at the point of interruption on the next
available playing date.
5. In the championship game, if the score is tied after the regulation
60 minutes, up to two 5 minute sudden victory 7 v 7 overtime
periods will be played. In case of a tie during the
championship penalty strokes will be used. Please refer to 3d and
3e under the tournament procedure.
6. The home team will
pay the officials through the semi-finals (fee, plus mileage), unless
a neutral site is used. If a neutral site is used, the two teams
share expenses (officials' fees and mileage).
7. In any games through
the semi-finals assigned by the VPA, it will be absolutely essential
that an experienced, reliable, non-student adult statistician will
act as scorer and be at the table at the mid stripe, and an
experienced, reliable non-student adult timer will be at the table
at midfield. The home team will provide the timer, official scorer,
clock, stopwatch and game balls.
8. At the finals, the
officials will be responsible for a scorer and timer. These officials
are to wear identifying pinnies or colored bib.
9. There are to be no
spectators allowed in the general goal or bench area while
the game is going on. The officials will have the right, and must
stop the game, until school authorities clear the goal area.
10. The maximum size
of the squad will include 22 eligible players, plus
manager, plus coach and an assistant coach for a total of 25.
UNSUITABLE TOURNAMENT FIELDS
Any fields using multiple lines are considered unsuitable unless
the non-field hockey lines are greened out. These schools' fields
are currently unsuitable for tournament play and they have until
September 17, 2007 to inform the VPA office that
changes have been made to bring the field up to tournament standards
(See Rules, 1B):
Brattleboro
MSJ
Rice
A representative of the VPA Field Hockey Committee will meet with
the Athletic Director and Varsity Field Hockey Coach to inspect
the field. If the field remains on the list as unsuitable, be aware
of #1 Under Section IV, Tournament Procedure.
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