Well in the game I played a few weeks ago the GC came to me after the game and said "I should've thrown you out by half time." I was completely surprised...I'm the furthest thing from a dirty player there is seriously! I took no penalties and as far asI could tell had done nothing wrong (aside from some terrible plays that I'm sure my teammates would call me on!) I asked why and she said it was because I was playing the ball backwards through my legs. I was perplexed to say the least...a backhand shot is totally legal, but for some reason that shot between the legs is illegal? Her claim is that this lets me shield the ball from my opponents (duh, that is called proper body positioning so that it doesn't get stripped from you, but I digress) and that encourages body contact.
There never was any body contact, and nor should their be. I'm all for limiting this and by no means advocate that you can take liberties in that fashion...let me state that without question before someone dives down my throat. But when you are making a totally legitimate hockey play with absolutely no safety issue involved and no hint of body contact or anything of the sort that should not be excluded. I guess the rule is that you have to face the other players. Makes sense in the corner...but one particular play was in the slot.
Anyway, why does this matter? Well it turns out that you get/give "spirit points" or something like that. Apparently these add up and count as extra wins or whatever. I confess that I don't know how this really operates but I also don't care. I just want to run around, play some fun floor hockey and that's that.
I just can't get into a game where running on the open floor with no one around you can get you a penalty because you have two hands on your stick and maybe the blade goes above your waist, or you spin and take a backhand shot that I guess shields the ball from your opponent (imagine that, I do want the shot to get past them!) and thats a penalty as well.
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