[Uwh-announce] Rule of the Week-Gloving

[Angus Sinclair]

Hi all,
Thought I might introduce a "rule of the week" for you all to ponder whilst chasing that elusive orange puck. It will be something that is getting poolside chat time, a weird call, or something that's been annoying the crap out of me. This week it is gloving. It's annoying the crap out of me.

This one is pretty straight forward. When you play the puck, first point of contact is the playing area of your stick. Anything else, it ain't hockey. The only time this isn't the case is if the offensive player plays the puck onto your glove, despite every effort by the defender to play the puck cleanly. However, this may not be called as such, which brings me back to my statement last week:

Regardless of what you think of the call, it's what it is. Live with it, and move on.

There has been a recent increase in playing the puck under the stick, then moving it sideways. Even the best players will at some point use the glove to move it, and that is an illegal and unsportsmanlike play which will earn you time on the side having a rest, while your team work their proverbial off covering your loss. It is not illegal to put your stick over the puck, but it is illegal to use your glove to move it. See my comment above regarding calls.

The rules are on the website, and the specific rules for gloving can be found in volume 2, page 21, sections 14.1.8 and 14.1.9.

http://www.underwaterhockey.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=63

See you all poolside.

Angus Sinclair
Chief referee

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