1957-58

NBTBALL
599
shall be taken alternately throughout by the Centres, i.e. after each
goal or after half-time. All players shall be free to move immediately
the whistle sounds, except the Centre holding the ball. She may
pivot, but must keep her one foot in its original contact with the
return crease until the ball has left her hands and must pass within
3 seconds of the whistle being blown..
Penalty.—
Centre
Pass is given to the opposing side, and the game
is restarted by a whistle.
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Lines of the
Court.—The lines bounding the court are
part of it. A player is considered to be in the court when her foot,
or part of it, is on the line, but not outside it.
All other lines, excluding the centre line, are counted as part of
the areas they define, which means that the line bounding an area .
belongs to that and the adjoining area.
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Offside.—The players in the defending court (i.e., the. Goal
Keeper and Defence) shall be offside if they enter the attacking
court, but they may play in their own court (including circle) and
the centre court.
Similarly, the players in the attacking court (i.e., Shooter and
Attack) shall be offside if they enter the defending court, but they
may play in their own court (including circle) and in the centre court.
Players in the centre court (i.e., Centre, Attacking Centre and
Defending Centre) shall be offside if they enter either circle.
If a player is on the line bounding the offside territory, she is
not offside.
If any part of a player touches the ground over the line bounding
the offside territory, she shall be deemed to have entered that court
or circle whether she holds the ball or not.
Penalty
:
A free pass to the opposite side.
If two players of opposite sides are offside simultaneously the
game shall not be stopped unless one of them is in possession of the
ball, in which case the umpire bounces the ball between them in
their
own
territory.
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Method of
Playing the Ball.—The ball may be caught or
held in any manner, thrown (but not given), or batted in any direction
by one or both hands, bounced once by a player in order to gain
possession.
To be in possession
of the ball, a player must have
control of it, whether holding with one or both hands.
A player in possession
shall not: (i) bounce and catch it again;
(ii) drop it and catch it again; (iii) throw or toss it into the air and
catch it, again, either during play or when shooting, but Shooter or
Attack may catch the ball after her own unsuccessful shot; (iv) de-
liberately roll it; (v) deliberately place and leave it on the ground;
(vi) put it on the ground, remove both hands from it, and pick it up
again; (vii) .receive it again after she has thrown it to hit the goal
post.
A player shall not kick the ball, nor strike it with the closed fist.
Shooter or Attack may not receive the ball direct from the Centre
Pass and land with any part of her touching the ground inside
the shooting circle.
Penalty.—A
free pass to the opposite side.
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