Coming up on 2H (11/24-11/25)
November 23, 2012
The fall season finishes up this weekend at Ford Field with eight MHSAA 11-player Football Finals, even-numbered divisions playing Friday and odds Saturday. And there are a variety of ways to follow the action.
- Check in to Second Half within hours after each game for coverage by Geoff Kimmerly and Bill Khan, plus links to photos and an embed of the full press conference.
- Go to MHSAA.tv to watch those press conferences streamed live.
- Visit our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @MHSAA.
- New this year: See some of what happens behind the scenes on our Instagram page.
Be the Referee: Field Hockey Basics
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
September 3, 2025
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Field Hockey Basics - Listen
Field Hockey is now a fully sponsored MHSAA sport. So let’s start by getting up to speed on some basics.
Field Hockey is a fall sport.
Games are administered by two officials.
Each team plays with 11 players on the field – including the goalkeeper.
The field is 100 yards by 60 yards – roughly the same size as a football field.
The goals are 12 feet wide and seven feet high, with the penalty stroke line being drawn seven yards in front of the center of the goal.
Players are not allowed to play the ball with the rounded side of the stick – nor are they allowed to charge, hit, shove, or trip an opposing player.
Field hockey games are 60 minutes long, played in four 15-minute quarters.
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