Note the "red" lines. These lines have two rules associated with them. The normal rules follow. Some modification to the rules can occur during some of our games, but playing by these strict rules, we will never have a problem with a referee making a bad call.

 (1) When a player is passed his/her defensive red line and the player passes the ball back to his/her goalie, the goalie may not use his/her hands.

(2) A defensive player can not kick the ball from behind his/her red line and have it cross the offensive (other) red line in the air. For our age group this is highly unlikely.

The dotted white line is used for "kick ins". There are no throw ins. When the ball touches the outside perimeter net above the boards it is out of bounds. The ball is awarded to the opposing team and has to be placed on the dotted line where the out of bounds occurred. The team kicking the ball into play has 5 seconds to kick the ball. If the ball isn't put into play in 5 seconds, it is awarded to the opposing team. The kick in is a direct kick.

A ball touching the net above the field is also out of bounds. The ball is placed directly under the place where the out of bounds occurred. Again, the 5 second rule applies and the kick is a direct kick.

When the ball is kicked into the net above the goal, it is either a goal kick or corner kick. The goal kick is kicked inside the small box in front of the goal while the corner kick is kicked from one of the red dots. Again, the kick is a direct kick. A goal kick may be played to a player outside the goalie box and that player may kick it back to the goalie and the goalie may use his/her hands.