warding May 5, 2022 World Games 2014 0 Forum Questions Player A with the ball cradles with 2 hands on the stick and lowers his shoulder to initiate contact with the defender. Is this a legal play? Is this considered warding off? Question File Add new DuBan's Answer: Visual Text Kratz's Answer: Visual Text McCarrick's Answer: Visual Text Based on the question he uses his "shoulder" which doesn't meet the criteria Paul establishes below. I think a ward is more like the Supreme Court's definition of porn- you know it when you see it. Additionally I believe the level of the game as well as the size of the players could have more of an impact on this call. Riti's Answer: Visual Text Tyma's Answer: Visual Text According to <strong>Rule 6 Section 11 Article 2 (p. 78)</strong>: <em>A player in possession of the ball with both hands on his crosse shall not use his hand or arm to push the body of the player applying the check.</em> Since the player in possession initiated the contact and presumably moved or controlled the stick or body of his defender, he has at least warded off, which is a technical foul. The other considerations of body checking still apply, as indicated in the <strong>NOTE</strong> accompanying this article. In particular, officials should consider whether the check is excessively violent, particularly at lower levels of play: while we apply the idea that we don't penalize physics in varsity games, it is important to pay attention to player-size discrepancies in sub-varsity and youth games. A larger player attempting to bull-dodge a smaller player should be discouraged in freshman and youth games. Answer File Question Answered Yes No
