Question

Explain the following term in hockey:

Substitution

Explain the term suspension.

Answer 1

A team may choose between these options by making a substitution.

1. Substitution is possible at any moment except during the interval between the award of a penalty corner and when it is completed during this period, substitution is only permitted for injury or suspension of the defending goalkeeper or defending player with goalkeeping privileges.
2. The number of players who can be substituted at the same time is unlimited, as is the number of times any player can substitute or be substituted.
3. A player may be substituted only after he or she has left the field.
4. Substitutions are not permitted for suspended players while they are suspended.
5. After completing a suspension, a player may be substituted without first returning to the field.
6. Field players must leave or enter the field for substitutions within 3 metres of the centre line and on a side of the field agreed upon by the umpires.
7. Goalkeepers may leave or enter the field for substitutions near the goal they are defending.
8. Field players who leave the field for injury treatment, refreshment, equipment changes or other reasons are only allowed to re-enter between the 23-metre sections on the side of the pitch used for substitution.