OCtober 08, 2008
All walls are in play. The ceiling and any hanging obstructions (Bball hoops) are out of bounds.
The ball shall be a size 5 regular socer ball supplied by the league. The ball shall be judged fit for play by the referee and shall not be changed during the game unless authorised by the referee.
A match shall be played by two teams, each with not more than five players and not less than four players on the field of play. One of the players shall be the goalkeeper.
Unlimited substitution shall be allowed.
Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper, provided that the referee is informed before the change is made, and provided also, that the change is made during a stoppage of the game.
When any player other than the goalkeeper is to be replaced, the substitute shall not enter the field of play until the player being replaced is within 1 metre of the player's team bench. Neither the player entering or the player leaving may interfere with the play while both are on the field. The substitution is completed when the substitute enters the field of play, from which moment the substitute becomes a player and the player being substituted ceases to be a player.
Infringements/Sanctions
For any infringement of this playing rule the offending team's captain shall designate a player from the field of play to serve a 2 minute penalty and if the referee stopped the game because of the infringement, the game shall be restarted with a free-kick from the place where the ball was when the offense occurred.
You can have up to 12 players per team. The cost per team will be the same no matter how many players you have on the team.
Players shall not wear anything which is dangerous to themselves or another player.
The basic compulsory equipment of a player shall consist of a shirt, shorts, stockings, shinguards and footwear. The footwear shall be appropriate to the Indoor game and the playing surface.
Shinguards, which must be covered entirely by the stockings, shall be made of a suitable material (rubber, plastic, polyurethane or similar substance) and shall afford a reasonable degree of protection.
Team colours shall not conflict with each other or with the referee. Goalkeepers shall wear colours which distinguish them from each other, the other players and from the referee.
In an attempt to be environmentally friendly, we ask the players to use their own jerseys. Many of you have jerseys from other teams that are just laying around waiting to be loved (used) again.
Please have both a white jersey and a dark jersey. White is for home. Dark is for away.
We do not oppose teams from purchasing their own set of jerseys, but you still must have a dark and white jersey.
Grey is neither white nor dark. Please do not wear grey t-shirts.
Infringements/Sanctions
For any infringement of this playing rule, the player at fault shall be instructed to leave the field of play by the referee, when the ball next ceases to be in play, unless by then there is no longer an infringement. Play shall not be stopped immediately for an infringement of this Playing rule. A player who is instructed to leave the field to adjust equipment or obtain missing equipment shall not return without first reporting to the referee, who must ensure that the player's equipment is in order. The player shall only re-enter the game at a moment when the ball has ceased to be in play.
Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the rules for that competition. The authority and exercise of the powers granted to the referee by these playing rules commence as soon as the referee enter the field of play. The referee's powers of penalizing shall extend to offences committed when the ball is in play, the ball is out of play. or play has been temporarily suspended. The referee's decision on points of fact connected with the play shall be final, so far as the result of the game is concerned.
The referee(s) shall:
The duration of the game shall be two equal periods of 20 minutes with 5 minute half-time. Games will start on the hour.
'Home' team takes the kick-off to start the game. In the game’s second half, the teams change ends and the 'Away' team takes the kick off.
Kick-Off: A kick-off is the way of starting or restarting play:
A goal may not be scored directly from a kick-off.
Kick-Off Procedure: The referee having given a signal, the game shall be started by a player taking a place kick (i.e.,a kick at the ball while it is stationary on the ground in the centre of the field of play) in any direction (ie., forwards, sidewards, or backwards) on the field of play. All players shall be in their own half of the field and every player of the team opposing that of the kicker shall remain not less than five metres from the ball until it is kicked-off. The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves. The kicker shall not play the ball a second time until it has been touched or played by another player.
Infringements/Sanctions
For any infringement of this playing rule, the kick-off shall be retaken, except in the case of the kicker playing the ball again before it has been touched or played by another player; for this offence, a free kick shall be taken by a player of the opposing team from the place where the infringement occurred, subject to the over-riding conditions imposed in Playing Rule 13.
After any other temporary suspension; when restarting the game after a temporary suspension of play from any cause not mentioned elsewhere in these playing rules, provided that immediately prior to the suspension the ball had not passed over the touch or goal lines, the referee shall drop the ball at the place where it was when play was suspended, at least one metre from the boards/goal-line, nearest to where the ball was when play was suspended. It shall be deemed in play when it has touched the ground; if, however,: a)it goes over the touch-line or goal-line after it has been dropped by the referee, but before it has been touched by a player, or b)a player touches the ball before it has touched the ground the referee shall again drop the ball.
The ball is out of play:
when the game has been stopped by the referee; or
makes contact with any part of the ceiling above the playing area.
The ball is in play at all other times from the start of the match to the finish.
A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, provided that no infringement of the rules has been committed previously by the team scoring the goal.
The team scoring the greater number of goals during the game shall be the winner. If both teams score an equal number of goals, or if no goals are scored, the game is drawn.
There shall be no offside offence in indoor soccer.
A player who commits any of the following six offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or involving disproportionate force:
or who commits any of the following fIve offenses:
All free kicks shall be classified as "indirect" (ie., a goal cannot be scored unless the ball has been played or touched by a player other than the kicker before passing through the goal).
When a player is taking a free kick, all of the opposing players shall be at least five metres from the ball, until it is in play, unless they are standing on their own goal line, between the goal posts. The ball shall be in play when it is kicked and moves.
If a player of the opposing team encroaches into the penalty area, or within five metres of the ball, as the case may be, before a free kick is taken, the referee shall delay the taking of the kick, until the playing rule is complied with.
The ball must be stationary when a free kick is taken, and the kicker shall not play the ball a second time until it has been touched or played by another player.
Any free kick awarded for an infringement on the boards shall be taken at a point 1 metre into the field of play.
Infringements/Sanctions
If the kicker, after taking the free kick, plays the ball a second time before it has been touched or played by another player, a free kick shall be taken by a player of the opposing team from the spot where the infringement occurred.
There shall be no penalty kicks.
When the whole of the ball passes over the touch-line, either on the ground or in the air, or touches the netting above the side-boards a free kick shall be awarded the team opposing that of the player who last touched or played the ball. The free kick shall be taken from the point that the ball crossed the line, or for facilities with boards, from a point within 1 metre of the point closest to where the ball went out of play. Players of the team opposing that of the player taking the kick-in shall not approach within five metres of the ball until it is in play, i.e., it has been kicked and moves, nor shall the kicker play the ball a second time until it has been touched or played by another player. A goal may not be scored directly from a kick-in.
