NO CLEATS! Only rubber soled turf cleats or sneakers on the field. NO hard plastic!
Mid Maryland Indoor lacrosse league rules
Thank you for being in our league!! Here are the rules of play in the Mid Maryland Indoor Lacrosse
- Rules of game will follow NFHS lacrosse rules for boys youth league lacrosse.
- Offensive language and / or excessively rough or unnecessary roughness will result in player ejection.
- FIGHTING will NOT be tolerated. If a player is ejected for fighting he is automatically suspended for the remainder of the season.
- NO OUT OF BOUNDS! Everything is live except the box area where teams and scores table resides.
- NO BOARDING or intentionally pushing a player into the padded walls. Indoor lacrosse is a great way to work on stick work and position defense.
- Teams will play SIX (6) field players. (2 Middies, 2 Attack, 2 Defense plus 1 Goalie).
- Long poles ARE permitted. Teams are allowed TWO long poles on the field at any time.
- TWO-POINT SHOT...if a player has one foot behind the midfield line when shooting...the goal counts as a 2-point shot.
- Games will be two 20 minute running clock halves. Each game will start PROMPTLY on schedule. Penalty clock is STOP CLOCK and enforced at the penalty box area.
- No timeouts. One minute half time.
- All substitutions are on the fly.
- Offensive side of the field should have FOUR (4) offensive players. One of those players CAN be the goalie. Defensive side of the field should always have three (3) defensive players back (ie. 2 defense + 1 goalie).
- Run n' Gun!! No face-offs after a goal is scored. Goalie clears the ball after a goal (on officials whistle).
- Teams have 10 seconds to advance the ball over the midfield line on a clear.
- Goalie has 4 seconds in the crease. Violation of either results in a free clear at midfield.
- Games ending in a tie during regulation will result in ONE (1) minute BRAVEHEART style sudden-death period. If game remains tied, the game ends in a tie.
- PLAYOFFS/CHAMPIONSHIP games will keep playing ONE (1) minute BRAVEHEART sudden-death periods until a winner is determined (running clock). No player is allowed to participate in two of those BRAVEHEARTS. New OT period = new player for each team.
- Braveheart rules: One goalie and one player from each team play. One player must stay on the defensive side of the field. Goalies ARE permitted to cross midfield as long as the other player stays back. Players can NOT get in the goal if they are not properly equipped.
- Final seedings for playoffs are determined by: 1) overall record, 2) head to head record, 3) least goals allowed, and 4) most goals scored.
- Championship games ONLY: If a game is within 2 goals with 2 minutes to play, the game clock goes to STOP clock.
