1. Floor Hockey Nicole Michel And Savage

2. Categories Individual Skills Test Team Competition Unified Sports Team Competition

3. Individual Skills Contest Stick handling Shooting for accuracy Passing for accuracy Shooting around the goal Defense

4. Unified Sports Team Competition Roster must have a proportional number of Special Olympic Athletes and Unified Sports Partners No more than 3 partners at a time Each team must have a non-playing head coach Grouped by age and ability

5. Facilities Play area: Max: 35m x 20m Min: 24m x 12m Free from any projections which a player could encounter in the course of play May be defined by lines or boundary boards. Marking tape may be used if no other material is available. Back of the goal is set 1.2 m out from the endline to allow play behind goals. Both goals are set up with the center part placed in the center of the width of the playing surface.

6. Fac. Cont’d Goal size: 1.8m wide x 1.2m high x.6m deep. Regulation ice hockey goals are also permitted. The sided and back of the goal must have appropriate netting. Center line will mark the area of play to divide into halves. Center Circle Spot: a line 10 cm in length perpendicular to the center line or a circular spot 10 cm in radius to be marked in the center of the face-off circle Center Face-off Circle: a circle with a radius of.75m and a line width of 5cm to be marked outside the center circle spot.

7. Fac. Cont’d Face-off Zone: a circle with a radius of 1.5m and a line 5cm in width to be marked outside the center court face-off circle. Goal Line: a line 5 cm in width is drawn between the two goal posts of each goal and extend to the goal crease. Goal Crease: the goal crease is a semi-circle with a 1.8m radius drawn from the center of the goal line. Designated penalty boxes

8. Face-Off Circles Face off circles are marked with a circular spot of 10 cm in radius or a line of 10 cm in length in the center of each circle. There are two face-off circles in each half of the playing surface, each circle located at 45 degree angle from the center of the goal line. The center of each side face-off circle is equal distance from the center line to the end of court and 15% in from the side of the court.

9. Equipment Helmets* Shin Guards* Gloves Elbow pads/kneepads Goalie Equipment Sticks Pucks Goals/Nets = Mandatory equipment

10. The Puck Puck- circular felt disc with a center hole and has the following dimensions: Diameter: 20 cm Center Hole: 10 cm may be reinforced with leather Thickness: 2.5 cm Weight: 140-225 grams (5-8 ounces)

11. Regular Sticks! Sticks other than goalkeepers’ sticks must be a rod or dowel made of wood and/or fiberglass conforming to the following dimentions: Circumference: 7.5 – 10 cm Length: 90 - 150 cm The non-handle end of all sticks other than goalkeepers’ sticks must be rounded-off. The stick must be of a uniform thickness over the entire length. Tape or other materials may be added to the top..6m of the handle end of the stick to facilitate holding the stick. The handle end of the stick may be built up as much as.5 cm. No tape, string or other object is allowed that will increase diameter on the bottom 15cm of the stick.

12. Goalie Stick May be regulation ice hockey goalkeeper’s stick. The blade of the goalkeeper’s stick must not exceed 8.9cm in width at any point except at the heel where it must not exceed 11.4cm in width; nor must the goalkeeper’s stick exceed 39.3 cm in length from the heel to the end of the blade. There is to be no measurement of the curvature of the blade on the goalkeeper’s stick. All other elements of the stick are subject to a measurement and the appropriate applicable penalty. The widened portion of the goalkeeper’s stick extending up the shaft from the blade shall not extend more than 66cm from the heel and must not exceed 8.9cm in width.

13. Protective Equipment Goalkeeper must wear a helmet with a face mask and protective gloves. They will be able to wear regulation- size hockey goalkeeper pads and gloves. The leg guards worn by goalkeepers must not exceed 31cm in width on the leg of each player. Other players are required to wear helmets with face masks or shields that cover the entire face and shin guards to ensure safety.

14. Personnel -2 certified referees in appropriate matching attire -2 scorekeepers and 1 timekeeper -scorekeepers act as line monitors

15. Rules of Competition 6 players: 1 goalie, 2 defenders, 3 forwards Each team must wear a distinct color with numbers on the back Minimum of 11 players and maximum of 16 An individual skills contest and a classification round helps divide the teams Three 9-minute periods with a 1-minute break in between

16. MORE RULES!! Last 3 minutes of the 3 rd period is stopped time One 1-minute time-out per team per game 3 line shifts per period signaled by time keeper Each period there is a center-circle face-off Running time except for goals and penalties

17. FACE-OFF Begins the game/each period After each stoppage of play at the nearest face-off circle After each goal at center face-off circle After penalties or puck is shot out of bounds All players stand with sticks and bodies to their teams’ side of face-off line For hearing impaired players – referee raises arm to indicate start of play

18. Goals Entire puck must cross the line Cannot kick or throw puck into goal

19. Minor Fouls Goalie throws to teammate Player cannot hold puck in hand exceeding 3 seconds Player stands on puck If stick is cracked or broken

20. Minor Penalties One minute duration Holding/tripping/charging/ interference/hooking/slashing/kicking/high sticking/roughing/unsportsmanlike conduct Delay of game: standing on the puck or shooting it out of the playing area If goalie commits penalty a teammate can take the penalty

21. Major Penalties Two minute duration Profane language/intention foul/fighting/unsportsmanlike conduct/throwing or swinging the stick After 3 or more minor penalties

22. VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJR3yROdZg8

23. Works Cited Kennedy, Mike. A True Book: Special Olympics. Children's, 2003. Print. Special Olympics. The Joseph P.Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the Benefit of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, 2011. Web. 1 Mar. 2011..