Olympic Field Hockey Rules - Officiating

Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. In most countries in which ice hockey is not very prominent, it is simply known as hockey. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the international governing body of the field hockey. In 1975, the rules for men and women were published in a common rulebook for the first time, five years before women began Olympic field hockey competition. Generally, some changes have been made not just to improve the quality of play in terms of speed and skill, but also to ensure safety and respond to technical advances.

Women Field Hockey Match in Olympics

Olympic Field Hockey is defined as to hit the ball with an L-shaped stick into the opponent's goal, while the opposing goalkeeper tries to prevent the ball from going in the goal. Each game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will start the game with a "center pass" the other team will start the second 35-minute half in the same fashion.

Olympic Field Hockey Rules – Officiating

Two umpires are on the field throughout a match. When one penalizes a specific player for dangerous play, the player receives a green card for a warning, a yellow card for a suspension of at least five minutes and a red card for banishment from the game. Unlike football, a player may receive more than one card of the same color, although a second and subsequent card cannot be of a "lower" color than one previously issued, and in the case of a second yellow card the temporary suspension would be expected to be of considerably longer duration than the first.

Umpire Suspended Women Field Hockey Player For Five Minute

However, local playing conditions may mandate that cards are awarded only progressively, and not allow second awards. Umpires have a good deal of discretion. They need not call a penalty if they believe the infraction has no bearing on the game.

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Olympic Field Hockey Rules - Scoring

In 1975, the rules for men and women field hockey were published in a common rulebook for the first time, five years before women began Olympic field hockey competition. The complete rules of field hockey are presented on web site of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Olympic field hockey is defined as to hit the ball with an L-shaped stick into the opponent's goal, while the opposing goalkeeper tries to prevent the ball from going in the goal. Each game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will start the game with a "center pass" the other team will start the second 35-minute half in the same fashion.

Scoring Rules

Two umpires are on the field throughout a match. The umpire decides whether such action has resulted in dangerous play that calls for a penalty. Players may not use their bodies or sticks to prevent opponents from getting at the ball. A goal counts only if the ball is struck from within the shooting circle, or as the result of a penalty corner or a penalty stroke awarded to the non-offending team after a major penalty is called.

Field Hockey Umpire

In a penalty corner, awarded for fouls taking place within the shooting circle, an attacker will pass the ball from the back line (where the goal is) to teammates waiting just outside the shooting circle, and in a frenzy of activity, defenders will rush in to try to stop them from scoring.

Field Hockey Penalty Corner

On a penalty stroke, usually awarded after a defender has committed an infraction to stop what appeared to be a likely goal, an attacker goes one-on-one against the goalkeeper from 7 yards out, with no other players involved from either side.

Field Hockey Penalty Stork

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Olympic Field Hockey Rules

In 1975, the rules for men and women field hockey were published in a common rulebook for the first time, five years before women began Olympic field hockey competition. The complete rules of field hockey are presented on web site of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the international governing body of the field hockey and had charged with regulating the sport, and since 1970, the group has rarely gone for more than a year or two without introducing a rule change. Generally, these changes have been made not just to improve the quality of play in terms of speed and skill, but also to ensure safety and respond to technical advances.

Olympic field hockey is defined as to hit the ball with an L-shaped stick into the opponent's goal, while the opposing goalkeeper tries to prevent the ball from going in the goal. The field players must use the flat side of the head of their stick to control the ball, while goalkeepers may kick the ball or use their hands, as long as they are within the semicircular area in front of the cage known as the shooting circle. Generally, the ball is to be kept on the ground while in play, although a player may scoop or flick it off the ground to pass it to a teammate. Two umpires are on the field throughout a match. The umpire decides whether such action has resulted in dangerous play that calls for a penalty. Players may not use their bodies or sticks to prevent opponents from getting at the ball.

Free hits are awarded in the event of a foul, usually from the spot where the foul took place, and if a player hits a ball out of bounds, an opponent pushes it back in. In both cases, players from the defending team must stand at least 5 yards away. If play stops for any reason other than a penalty, a "bully" may decide possession: Two opposing players face off, and they strike their sticks together before competing for the ball on the ground between them.

Each game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will start the game with a "center pass" the other team will start the second 35-minute half in the same fashion. If the game is tied after the two halves, it goes into overtime, which ends when a goal is scored. If, after two overtime periods of 7 minutes, 30 seconds, neither team has scored, a penalty stroke competition decides a winner.

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