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Basic
Rules of Play
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Winner
is the first player to accumulate the selected point total
or has the high score at the end of the selected time limit.
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2.
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When
the puck enters and drops inside a player's goal, the player's
opponent receives one point (unless play had been suspended
by a time out or the offensive player had committed a foul
during or prior to the shot.)
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3.
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After
each game, players will alternate table sides.
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4.
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The
player scored upon receives possession of the puck for the
next serve.
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5.
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A
player may hand serve the puck only after it has entered his/her
goal.
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6.
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A
player may play with only one mallet on the playing surface
at one time. Violation results in a foul.
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7.
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The
puck may be struck with any part of the mallet.
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8.
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The
puck cannot be "topped" by lifting the mallet and placing
it on the top of the puck. This cannot be done at any time
whether before a serve or after a serve during play. Violation
constitutes a foul.
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9.
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Only
one puck may be in play at a given moment. |
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10.
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A
player has seven (7) seconds to execute a shot, which crosses
the centerline. The seven (7) seconds begins as soon as the
puck enters and remains on that player's side of the centerline.
Violation of this rule is a foul. |
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11.
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When
the puck is in contact with any part of the centerline, either
player may strike the puck. |
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12.
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A
player may stand anywhere around the table on his/her side of
the centerline. He/she may not stand past that line. |
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13.
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Any part of a player's hand, arm, body, or clothes that touches
the puck during play is called "palming", which constitutes
a foul. |
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14.
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Each
player may take one time-out per game. The time-out may be no
longer than 10 seconds. |
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15.
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A
player may exercise his/her time-out only when the puck is in
his/her possession or not in play. |
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16.
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A
player must make a clear indication of time-out so that the
opponent understands the player's intention. |
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17.
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When
a player is scored upon, he/she will have ten seconds to remove
the puck from the goal and place it in play. In the event that
the puck has scored and it is stuck in the goal, an official
time out should be called and the ten-second rule will be suspended
until the situation is resolved. |
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Beginning
the Game
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1.
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A
coin toss is first used to determine starting sides and puck
possession. The player winning the coin toss chooses either
which side to begin on or chooses possession of the puck. Whomever
has puck possession first will also begin games 3, 5 and 7 with
the puck. The opponent will begin the games 2, 4 and 6 with
the puck. |
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In
Play vs. Out of Play
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The
legal bounds of play are the table's playing surface, the walls
of the rails, the front faces of the goals, the interiors of
the goals, and the player's mallets. If the puck touches any
other object(s) while it is in play, whether by interference
or by foul (unless the foul is nullified) it is considered out
of bounds and therefore instantly out of play. |
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2.
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A
puck, which grazes the top of the rail, is out of play even
if it returns to the table surface. |
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3.
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When
the puck is in play, a time-out can be called only if the player
calling time-out demonstrates control of the puck. A puck breaking
the vertical plane of the goal face can never be considered
controlled. |
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4.
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A
player may only call an extra time-out because of injury. |
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5.
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If
interference occurs during a shot which scores, the point does
not count. Interference is defined as foreign objects on the
table or playing surface. The puck returns to the player who
possessed it prior to the interference. |
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6.
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If
the puck leaves the playing surface and contacts anything except
a player's mallet, play is suspended until the puck is put back
into
play. |
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Scoring
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1.
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If
the puck stops in the goal yet has tilted and broken the horizontal
plane of the goal then a score has occurred. If a puck stops
in the goal and does not tilt, thereby not breaking the horizontal
plane, then the player may either hand the puck to the other
player or try to work the puck out of the goal using legal play
methods. |
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2.
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If
the puck rebounds out of the goal mouth, the point does not
count. A puck which rebounds out of the goal mouth and strikes
the defending player's hand, and rebounds back into the goal
does count. |
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3.
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If
a puck hits a player's hand on its way into the goal, the point
counts as long as the puck would have scored without the contact. |
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4.
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If
a score occurs after the table loses power, the point will count
only if the puck was struck prior to the table losing power. |
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5.
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If
a player takes a shot and drops his/her mallet and the puck
enters his/her own goal for a score without it being deflected
by the defensive player, the point counts. The player is permitted
to stop the puck with hands or body. No point would be scored
if the puck enters the opponent's goal due to the distraction.
If a player shoots and the defense loses the mallet, the defense
may not use hands or body to stop the shot if the shot occurred
prior to or simultaneously with the losing of the mallet. The
point counts if it scores. |
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6.
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If
a player commits a foul and is scored upon in the course of
the same play the goal counts and the penalty is nullified. |
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Penalties
& Fouls
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Foul:
The penalty for a foul is forfeiture of the puck. |
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2.
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Technical
Foul: The penalty for a technical foul is a free shot taken
by the innocent player at the unprotected goal of the guilty
player. After a free shot, play immediately begins when the
puck either scores, rebounds from the goal, touches the opponent's
end of the table (not sides), or comes to a rest on the playing
surface. All free shots must be legal. |
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3.
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Unnecessary
or excessive delay of game is considered a foul and loss of
puck results. Stalling is included in this ruling of delay. |
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4.
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If
an offensive player hits a puck and the puck wobbles, hitting
the hand of the defensive player, but not changing the perceived
speed and direction of the puck, then no foul occurs. |
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5.
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"Goal-Tending":
If "palming" occurs while the puck is moving in a direct path
towards the goal for a score, "goal-tending" must be called
against the player doing the "palming." "Goal-tending" incurs
a technical foul. |
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6.
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When
a player loses total control of his own mallet while the puck
is in play the player commits a foul. |
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7.
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When
the puck is struck in an offensive manner, leaves the playing
surface, and remains off the table, the player causing such
action commits a foul. |
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8.
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Any
player violating a centerline rule commits a foul. |
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9.
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If
the puck and mallet of the offensive player are both completely
on the offensive player's side, the defensive player may not
strike either the puck or mallet. Also, the offensive player
may not strike the defensive player's mallet in this situation
when the defensive player's mallet is completely on his own
side. Violation of this rule constitutes a foul. |
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10.
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If
in the course of hitting the puck legally, a player's mallet
extends partially (but not completely) over the centerline,
no foul shall be called if his mallet contacts the opposing
player's mallet. |
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11.
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Although
a mallet is allowed to overreach the centerline, the mallet
may never completely extend over the centerline -- even when
following through on a shot. The mallet may never extend further
than its diameter across the centerline. Violation of this rule
constitutes a foul. |
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12.
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Any
player who, on his/her hand serve, makes a score in his opponent's
goal without there having been an offensive shot made on the
puck, since the time that the puck was in play, commits the
foul of tossed score. In other words, a player cannot just toss
the puck into the opponent's goal. The illegal score shall not
create a point, and the player who was illegally scored upon
shall have the right to hand serve as the penalty imposed upon
the fouling player. |
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13.
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If
the defensive player strikes the puck in an offensive manner
(with forward momentum) and causes the puck to leave the playing
surface, this constitutes "charging the puck". The offensive
player retains possession of the puck. Conversely, a defensive
player who "blocks" by holding steady or by striking the puck
sideways or backwards, causing the puck to leave the table,
should not be charged with "charging." |
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