Please confirm or clarify: If a def. player is legally marking an off. player in the 8, can a shooting space violation be called?
Many rules are subject to a number of circumstances. IF a girl is in a commited defense actively marking a girl and follows her completely through the arc - then she is not in shooting space. BUT, she can not for one instanct stop to look or delay or she should be called for shooting space. Beware, shooting space is a challenging call to get right at these lower levels because, quite honestly there are MANY other violations which require umpire discretion in addition to the unpredictable movements of less skilled players. Shooting space should always be called BEFORE the shot is released and remember there is no shooting space violation unless the shooter looks to shoot - therefore, this call is usually dependant on a referee seeing the play develop.
Thanks in advance,
Drew Curran
Foxboro Youth Lacrosse
