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Below are a compilation of some posts from the early blogging days of your’s truly. While they are dated by about a year or so, they are still quite relevant to the sport. Also, this gives me a little bit of extra time to get my writing schedule in order, and do some research on future content. As always, if anyone has any ideas for future posts, please comment below or email [email protected].
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In a little over a month we will be starting games for the 2012 Spring Season. With games we cannot escape getting penalties. I assure you, at some point during the season at least one player, and probably more, will receive a technical or a personal foul. I have yet to ref a perfect game, and no player has yet played in a perfect game. Because penalties are a part of lacrosse, it is important to educate players, coaches, and ...
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Calling personal fouls is entirely about judgement. No where is this more visibly evident than a call or no-call on a perceived slash. The exact wording of the NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rulebook states that a slash is “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.” That wording has two clear specifications for a slash:
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With one weekend of games in the books it is time for a short review of personal fouls. As many of you are aware, I am working on developing a library of lacrosse penalties for the youth game. Below are each of the videos in the “Personal Fouls” series. Hopefully, they will answer any questions that new or returning players and parents have regarding the fouls they see during an average game.
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Today’s video focuses on one of the most common penalties in lacrosse – the slash.
Rule 5, Section 6 – Slashing (NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rule Book)
Art. 1 – “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.”
Art. 3 – “Striking an opponent in any part of the ...
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