hockey offsides
Overall, the skill development of players competing under any offsides rule still relies on the coach to instruct his or her team on the importance of puck possession. [1]
Such a revision would allow a player who crosses the opponent’s blue-line before the puck to retreat from the zone and re-enter it, keeping play alive. [2]
In ice hockey, play is said to be offside if a player on the attacking team enters the attacking zone before the puck itself enters the zone, either carried by a teammate or sent into the attacking zone by an attacking player. [3]
While the NHL ponders revising its rules to allow tag-ups to negate offside calls, the governing body of U.S. youth hockey has turned thumbs down. [2]
With immediate offside, play is dead the instant an offside violation occurs. [4]
Also, a pass made across a blue line and the center line is ruled an offside pass, also referred to as a two-line pass. [...] Definition: If a player precedes the puck into the offensive zone, play is called and a faceoff takes place in the neutral zone. [5]
An offside penalty is called if any player on the offensive hockey team is too far ahead of the puck. [6]
This June, USA Hockey will again debate which offsides rule will be in effect for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. [1]
Checking is when a player uses his body and/or stick to gain possession of the puck from an opposing player. [7]
This is an incentive for the attacking team to remain in control of the puck and regroup or make a play to keep control of the puck. [1]
”We like to see players handling the puck and making decisions with the puck,” says John Hynes, a coach in the U.S. development program in Ann Arbor, Mich., in explaining his group’s rejection of tag-ups. [2]
With the current enforcement of the Standards of Play and the desire to keep the play moving and the flow of the game at a high level, the benefit of implementing the delayed or tag-up offside rule is obvious with the potential for less stoppages of play. [1]
In order to avoid an offside penalty, you must always stay between the puck and your team’s goal. [6]
Without the immediate whistle that accompanies the current offsides rule, the team with the puck will have additional time and space to break out of its zone. [1]
Sources:
[1] gslhockey.com - Both Sides Of Offsides
[2] USA Hockey rejects tag-up offsides
[3] Offside (ice hockey) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] Hockey 101 - Offside (Rule 83) ” Daily Deke - Hockey From the …
[5] Offside: The Hockey Glossary
[6] How to Get an Offside Penalty in Ice Hockey | eHow.com
[7] How To Play Hockey | How To Do Things.com