Bully (sport)

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Ice hockey rink with the location of the face-off points

Line up to face the face

Bully with an orange inline skater hockey ball

As Bully (Engl. Face off ), the insert (discount) of the puck or ball during hockey , inline hockey , inline skater hockey designated and other related sports.

It takes place at the start of the game in the center circle, after interruptions in the game in one of the two face-off circles in front of the goal or the five face-off points in the middle third of the ice surface, depending on the game situation.

To do this, the referee throws the game device at the face-off point, while one player from each team tries to use the stick to capture the puck or ball for their own team. Before the throw-in, the other players are on their side of the goal outside the so-called face-off circle or on the circle and are only allowed to enter it completely after the throw-in. As a rule, the throw-in is carried out by a line judge, while the referee makes sure that it is being carried out in accordance with the rules and, if necessary, abandons the game if the throw-in was not carried out correctly. He only carries out the first face-offs of a third.

In the southern Bavarian region, ice hockey equipment, which is otherwise called a puck, is also called a "bully". In addition, the mascot of the ice hockey world championships in Germany in 1993 and in Vienna in 1996 was given the name "Bully".

In floorball there are six face-off points each, as well as a kick-off point in the middle, on which face-offs are also executed. The ball rests on the face-off point, after the referee whistles, the players try to play the ball. Every goal must be confirmed with a face-off on the center.

In lacrosse , too, a face off is carried out at the beginning of the game and after every goal. In indoor hockey there is also the face-off, but here it does not take place as a kick-off, but only after game situations in which the ball was unplayable between two clubs.

Origin and Etymology

Relief from Greece, 480 BC. Chr. Ernst Curtius describes it as follows: "... shows two boys at the" Bully "; they are waiting for the command to tee off ..."

etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bully has been known in the sense described here since the late 19th century and originally referred to a scrum in Eaton football; beyond that, nothing is known about the origin. In field hockey, bully is still the official name for throw-in in English-speaking countries .

Web links

Commons : Face-off  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bully at azhockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst Curtius, Jürgen Ash Field: Olympia. P. 221, 1935