Proposal 54: 14B.9.4 Face-off clarification [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: 14. HockeySubmitted on 2025-06-29
Status: Review from June 30, 2025 to July 08, 2025
Background
In the current rules, it's unclear where the players have to be when executing a face-off.
Proposal
Old:
To resume the game without penalizing one of the teams, a face-off can be used. For the face-off, the referee drops the ball between two opposing players. The ball should be dropped from 50 cm. One player from each team may take part in the face-off with all other players' unicycles and sticks at a distance of at least 2 m from the ball. Play starts when the ball touches the ground as signalled by the referees whistle. A face-off during the game is executed where the ball was when the game was interrupted. Exception: Within the goal area, the face-off is executed at the closest corner mark.
New:
To resume the game without penalizing one of the teams, a face-off can be used.
A face-off during the game is executed where the ball was when the game was interrupted but at least 2m from the side line. Exception: Within the goal area, the face-off is executed at the closest corner mark.
One player from each team may take part in the face-off with all other players' unicycles and sticks at a distance of at least 2 m from the ball. In a face-off, each player must begin with the blade of their stick on the floor on the side of the face-off point nearest to their ground line. This side is determined by a line through the face-off point that runs parallel to the center line. For the face-off, the referee drops the ball between two opposing players. The ball should be dropped from 50 cm. Play starts when the ball touches the ground as signalled by the referees whistle.
Body
It is specified where the players have to be when executing a face off. More specifically, the unicycle and stick should be behind (in direction of play) an imaginary line drawn parallel to the extended goal line / middle line where the face-off is executed.
The face-off rule is slightly reordered for readability.
In the proposal, both the "old" and "new" rules already contain the approved changes from proposal 23: https://iuf-rulebook-2025.committees.unicycling-software.com/proposals/23