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12th
May 2006
Immediate rule
change regarding use of
the ‘forehand edge'
Continued
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At its March 2006 meeting, the Executive
Board agreed proposals for rules changes
recommended by the Hockey Rules Board.
Most of the changes will apply from 1 January
2007 but one change was agreed for immediate
implementation. It relates to use of the
forehand edge of the stick to hit the ball hard.
This action had already been referred to and
prohibited as an interpretation of current rules
but is now reinforced by a formal change to the
rules. The following applies in 2006:
Players must not hit the ball hard on the
forehand with the edge of the stick.
The forehand is defined as playing a ball
which is to the right of the player in a
forwards direction.
This does not prohibit use of the edge of the
stick on the forehand in a controlled action in
a tackle, when raising the ball in a controlled
way over an opponent’s stick or over a
goalkeeper who is lying on the ground or when
using a long pushing motion along the ground.
The use of the edge of the stick on the
backhand has developed as a technical skill and
is permitted subject to danger.
This rule change is incorporated in the 2006
Rules of Hockey published on the FIH website.
Click here to access a
downloadable copy. It will be fully
integrated in the 2007/8 rules when they are
published later in the year.
With regard to the 2007/8 rules, you will
have seen in the announcement of Executive Board
decisions that we are moving to a two-year cycle
for changes to and publication of the Rules of
Hockey. The next set of rules will therefore
apply from 1 January 2007 until 31 December
2008. The text is currently in draft form and we
plan formally to publish the 2007/8 rules before
September this year. Copies will then be
circulated to all national associations and will
also be available on the FIH website.
Roger Webb
Technical Manager
International Hockey Federation (FIH)
Lausanne, Switzerland
For information regarding the Welsh Hockey Union,
please contact
Chris Brewer on 02920 573940
or email
[email protected]
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published in news stories was correct at the time
of publication. Information, circumstances and data
may have chance since.
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