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Offside
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Scenario 1 - consider
the diagram at left.
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Our defencewoman has the
puck outside the offensive zone.
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All of the forwards are
offside, and are in the yellow area.
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Even though the forwards
are offside (and in the yellow area), the defencewoman should shoot the
puck back in to the offensive zone.
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Note that the other defencewoman
is at the centre ice face off spot.
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All of the forwards should
skate directly to the blue line in an attempt to cancel the delayed offside.
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When the forwards reach
the blue line, they make a fairly sharp turn and get back in to the offensive
zone as soon as the last team mate is outside the zone (or skate along
the blue line until everyone is out).
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Talk to each other to
help each other know when you are offside and when you are onside.
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Scenario 2
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If the forwards are deeper
inside the zone, that is not in the yellow area, then the defencewoman
will have to wait until they have reached this yellow area before shooting
the puck in.
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Exception, if the defencewoman
is being pressured by an opponent, shoot the puck in anyway. It's
better to get a whistle than to give up the puck in this position.
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Something else to
consider:
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Suppose the other team
has the puck in their end and you are offside.
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Probably the ref and the
other team are all yelling at you that you are offside, ignore them.
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Sometimes when you are
offside, the best thing to do is to harass the puck carrier and make her
make a bad play (rather than allowing them an easy route out of their end
by trying to get onside).
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Hopefully, what you can
do is have her make a bad pass out of the zone, your team mate intercepts
it, you get onside, and our team attacks their zone again.
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Now of course if you touch
the puck when you are offside the play is whistled and stopped, that's
okay. However, it may be ruled an intentional offside and the referee
will have the face off deep in our end. Really!
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So when you harass the
other player try to keep your stick away from the puck if you can.
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Also, if you're going
to stay offside, you have to make it look like you think you are onside.
So don't make eye contact with the referee as he is telling you that you're
offside.
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