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Box
Lacrosse Rules
Box
Penalties
- All personal fouls
are two minutes in duration and the penalized player is release
from the penalty box if a goal is scored before the expiration of
the two minutes.
- A more serious foul
(e.g. fighting, boarding from the rear, etc.) is a five minute personal
foul and the penalized player is released from the box prior to
the expiration of five minutes if two goals are scored.
- A team can never
have more than two players down at once time. If a third penalty
is called against a team which already has two player in the penalty
box the referee shall allow the unpenalized team one penalty shot.
- Offensive screening
(stationary or moving pick) is allowed as long as it is from the
front or side of the screened player, however, a moving pick is
allowed only when the screened player is moving and not more than
two steps are taken before setting the pick.
- A defending player
may use his stick against the offensive player carrying the ball
in any fashion, provided he does not slash the offensive player
in the head or below the knees and as long as the strike by the
defensive player is an attempt the dislodge the ball from the attacking
player's stick.
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