FLOOR HOCKEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the equipment needed for floor hockey? - Answers- Floor Hockey Stick, Plastic
Puck, Two goalies nets.
How many people are on a floor hockey team? - Answers- 6 players per team
What are the player positions in floor hockey? - Answers- 1 goalie, two defensive
players, and 3 forwards.
What is a face-Off? - Answers- Action by the 2 center forwards that starts a game and
restarts it after a goal is scored.
How long is a game? - Answers- A game consists of 3 23 minute periods.
Where can the two defenders go? - Answers- They must stay in the opponents half of
the court.
What can cause a penalty shot? - Answers- Raising the puck higher than the knee
level. This shot can be shot from anywhere.
What happens when the puck goes out of bounds or there's a foul? - Answers- There
will be a face-off at the nearest X.
What do you do after a goal? - Answers- Face-Off at the center.
What fouls result in a face-off and a 5 minute penalty? - Answers- Touching the puck
with the hands, the goalie playing the puck forward, a player other than the goalie in the
goalie's circle, other players moving across their designated lines, stepping on, holding,
or lying on the puck.
How many points is a goal worth? - Answers- 1 point.
What is a backhand pass? - Answers- Passing puck by moving stick across the body
with palm of bottom hand going in the backward direction.
What is a backhand shot? - Answers-
What does it mean to clear the puck? - Answers- When an athlete gets the pucks out of
his or her own defensive zone.
What is a face-off? - Answers- The method of starting a play. the dropping of the puck
by the official between the sticks of the 2 opposing players standing one stick's length
apart.
What is the equipment needed for floor hockey? - Answers- Floor Hockey Stick, Plastic
Puck, Two goalies nets.
How many people are on a floor hockey team? - Answers- 6 players per team
What are the player positions in floor hockey? - Answers- 1 goalie, two defensive
players, and 3 forwards.
What is a face-Off? - Answers- Action by the 2 center forwards that starts a game and
restarts it after a goal is scored.
How long is a game? - Answers- A game consists of 3 23 minute periods.
Where can the two defenders go? - Answers- They must stay in the opponents half of
the court.
What can cause a penalty shot? - Answers- Raising the puck higher than the knee
level. This shot can be shot from anywhere.
What happens when the puck goes out of bounds or there's a foul? - Answers- There
will be a face-off at the nearest X.
What do you do after a goal? - Answers- Face-Off at the center.
What fouls result in a face-off and a 5 minute penalty? - Answers- Touching the puck
with the hands, the goalie playing the puck forward, a player other than the goalie in the
goalie's circle, other players moving across their designated lines, stepping on, holding,
or lying on the puck.
How many points is a goal worth? - Answers- 1 point.
What is a backhand pass? - Answers- Passing puck by moving stick across the body
with palm of bottom hand going in the backward direction.
What is a backhand shot? - Answers-
What does it mean to clear the puck? - Answers- When an athlete gets the pucks out of
his or her own defensive zone.
What is a face-off? - Answers- The method of starting a play. the dropping of the puck
by the official between the sticks of the 2 opposing players standing one stick's length
apart.
