6.13 To play in a dangerous manner

Whenever a player plays in a manner that puts in danger any other player.

Examples of dangerous play are:

• aan attacker takes their path in a way that they subsequently force their defender, who is within an arm’s distance of the attacker, to collide at speed with another attacker;
• in the above-mentioned situation if the defender is aware of the attacker in their path, or becomes aware of it in such a time that they could avoid a collision and still causes the collision on purpose then the defender shall be punished;
• a player intentionally throws the ball against the body of an opponent;
• a player hits the ball in a dangerous manner, for example towards the face of the opponent;
• a player lands on a stationary opponent after jumping;;
• a player intentionally positions themself where a jumping player will land.

While judging which situation is the case, the referees must take into account the technical and tactical level of the players and the speed with which the attacker moves towards or past the other attacker.

When a light unintentional collision takes place, which does not influence the continuation of the game, the referees may decide to play-on..