[Chris Butler]

You can already blow for danger and/or back stick if appropriate.
Repeated offences of any type can already be penalised with personal penalties in the rules, so I’m not sure what a new rule would achieve that proper use of the current rules can’t.

[PETER D’CRUZ]

Agreed that the rules for danger should accommodate what Robert correctly did in the game he umpired. What is needed is widespread advocacy on applying the rules by umpires and education of coaches before the start of each hockey season so that the Tomahawk / Low Reverse Side Hit technique that is dangerous to both opponents and teammates is dramatically reduced and eliminated at all levels of hockey. For example, when indoor hockey changed and firmly applied the rule that stops the ball being blasted through an opponent who is within 3m with a flat stick, that element of danger was eliminated in indoor hockey.

[raxavi8103]

great sharing to all.

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