Lausanne: In his offer to make sports safer for its athletes, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has allowed players to maintain a penalty angle to keep their protective equipment even after the ball is outside the striking circle, but must delete it on the first opportunity in the 23m area.
Previously, the players defend the angle of the penalty would definitely immediately remove their protective equipment in the circle after the film was executed.
But FIH has tweaked the rules 4.2, relating to the removal of the penalty angle protective equipment.
“Rules 4.2 have been changed to allow defending players using penalty angle protective equipment to continue playing the ball outside the circle after interception during penalty angle taking.
Players can now continue to run with the ball while keeping protective equipment while keeping their protective equipment while keeping protective equipment in but They must remove the same equipment soon after, on the first occasion to do it and always be in the area of ​​23m, “said Director of Sports and Double-Olympian Jon Wyatt in a statement.
Deciphering further about this problem, Wyatt said: “No players who use PC protective equipment can play the ball outside the area of ​​23m anytime.
This has been introduced to protect the safety of athletes so that the focus can be on the ball and game, and not remove protective equipment during The FBE pressure defensive situation has also made changes to other important rules, which are related to air balls.
Previously, intercepted falling air balls considered invalid but now the FBI has provided relaxation to the player in this matter.
“Rule 9.10 was changed to allow the game.
From what is commonly referred to as air balls.
The previous text did not cover the possibility for players to intercept safely the ball, which is now seen as legitimate and positive for the development of the game.
“This follows the extensive extensive discussion, during and after the Tokyo Olympics, where the interpretation and understanding is more consistent about our game elements approved.
The air ball will continue to be closely monitored by all shareholders so that the safety of players can do it,” Wyatt said, former British international, said.
FIH hockey rules are updated every two years in January after the Olympics or World Cup Hockey FIH.
“This allows a period of 18 months to the next global tournament for all players, coaches, fans, and officials to get used to any changes and adapt according to the delay in the Tokyo Olympics, the update scheduled for January 2021 is also postponed by a year,” Wyatt said.
The FIH Regulation Committee experienced extensive consultation and discussion processes with athletes, coaches, national associations, officials and audiences along with match reports and competitions, video analysis, rules trials, and tournament regulations that vary rules, which in the end.
leads to any changes.
“Because of the short turnaround in this cycle into the FIH 2022 Hockey World Cup in July this year, the amendments to the rules in this version are relatively small so as to minimize the required adaptation by players, coaches and officials,” FIH.
said official.
FIH hockey rules have come into force starting January 1 at the international level.
“The National Association has wisdom to decide on their implementation date at the national level, based on their domestic season.” Usually, changes in the rules are not introduced to the domestic league, even though we hope that with the simplification of the removal of the protective penalty of the corner equipment …
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it can be adopted immediately in many domestic leagues even if they are currently halfway because they make aspects This game is safer, easier to understand for players and it’s easier to treat Umpires, “Wyatt said.