guardians must have
ROSTER NOTES All players and parents/guardians must have signed the player waiver form before any participation including but not limited to: warming up, stretching, playing in a game. Coaches must check-in at the Coach’s table at the main tent prior to the first game to verify rosters and waivers. All rosters must be submitted 2 weeks prior to the tournament for the team to participate. Rosters must include: First Name, Last Name, Player Number, Player Email, and Position COACHES Each team is allowed to no more than (4) coaches on the field for each game. Coaches can only coach their sideline – cannot be in the substitution box, on the field or in the spectator area opposite the score table and benches. All substitutions are handled on the fly or on a goal scored. All coaches MUST RESPECT the officials, their opponents, opposing coaches, scorekeepers, parents and event staff. thinklax tournaments has a “zero tolerance policy” for coaches not adhering to the said rules above. Games will be forfeited if rules are not abided by. GAME FORMAT/RULES All games will start promptly at the assigned times. Games will consist of advertised time o Impulse Youth Games: 3 – 40 minute games o Impulse High School Games: 5 – 25 minute games No timeouts permitted at all during the tournament. Halftime will consist of 3 minutes for youth games. In between games will be 2 minutes for youth games. 5 minutes between games for High School games. Central clock will start and stop games and halftime. Officials may stop on field play for any reason he/she feels fit, examples include: serious injury, game equipment issues, sideline problems, etc. Time serving penalties are kept by the scorer’s table. Official score is on the scoreboard of the scorer’s table. All Substitutions are on the fly. There is no Mercy Rule for Youth Games. All appropriate equipment and mouth guards must be worn at all times. Officials and the Tournament Director have the final say on all interpretations and rulings. SPORTSMANSHIP/CONDUCT Only head coaches are permitted to address the officials and must do so in a respectful manner. Respect your opponents and “Honor the Game” on all levels. Poor sportsmanship, taunting, trash talking, fighting, running up the score or other unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated by anyone at our events. Once kicked out of our event you cannot come back even for a later game.
All GAMES Official Clock is kept centrally, running clock. No time outs. All teams play 12 v 12. No metal cleats of any kind are allowed on the fields. Normal High School US Lacrosse rules apply to 2018 – 2023. Yellow card will be kept by the field marshalls. Players receiving any red card may NOT play in the next game. 2024 – 2026 teams will play MODIFIED CHECKING (Checking the crosse only if the entire crosse is below the shoulder level. The check must be downward direction and away from the body.) o POSITION TO CHECK (Player has an opportunity to legally check the crosse without fouling – 3 second count starts when the official deems that the player with the ball could be checked legally if checking were allowed.) If a half or game ends on a defensive major foul within the CSA the officials will set up a free position and play will end at the end of the shot taken by the player that was fouled. If a game ends in a tie in regulation, it gets recorded as a tie.
All GAMES Official Clock is kept centrally, running clock. No time outs. All teams play 12 v 12. No metal cleats of any kind are allowed on the fields. Normal High School US Lacrosse rules apply to 2018 – 2023. Yellow card will be kept by the field marshalls. Players receiving any red card may NOT play in the next game. 2024 – 2026 teams will play MODIFIED CHECKING (Checking the crosse only if the entire crosse is below the shoulder level. The check must be downward direction and away from the body.) o POSITION TO CHECK (Player has an opportunity to legally check the crosse without fouling – 3 second count starts when the official deems that the player with the ball could be checked legally if checking were allowed.) If a half or game ends on a defensive major foul within the CSA the officials will set up a free position and play will end at the end of the shot taken by the player that was fouled. If a game ends in a tie in regulation, it gets recorded as a tie.
