defending player

Similarly, violation of the zone by a defending player is only penalized if they do so to gain an advantage in defending.

The defending player has a variety of opportunities for his or her team to gain possession of the ball.

Players creating or defending against potential tesseras should be aware of the danger of capture, if the defending player places a piece in the open space in the middle, or at the end where the two adjacent pieces are.

The defending player has a king as part of his deadwood.

In this case the defending player receives an undercut bonus ( usually 25 points ) plus the difference in deadwood points.

; Undercut ( or underknocking ): Occurs when the defending player has a deadwood count lower than or equal to that of the knocking player ( this can occur either naturally or by laying off after a knock ).

* If a defending player hits the sliotar wide, a 45-metre puck is awarded to the opposition ( in hurling, it is a 65-metre puck )

The risk of false judgement is further increased by the foreshortening effect, which occurs when the distance between the attacking player and the assistant referee is significantly different from the distance to the defending player, and the assistant referee is not directly in line with the defender.

A defending player is offside if he / she is less than 10m away from the play-the-ball ( or, if the play-the-ball is inside his 10m line, closer to it than the try-line is ) when the ball is played.

At a scrum a defending player is also offside if he is less than 5m away from the base of the scrum.

* a defending player does not retreat in a straight line to an onside position.

Offending touch ball player tries to get out of reach of defending player.

The fact that the defending player touches the ball last does not automatically mean that the goal is recorded as an own goal.

Only if the ball would not have gone in the net but for the defending player would an own goal be credited.

The defending player who scored the own goal is personally " credited " with the goal as part of the statistical abstract of the game.

If a goal is scored by a player on the defending team, it is treated as if the defending player played the ball over the back line.

A defending player will choose to concede a rushed behind when the risk of the opposition scoring a goal ( worth six points ) is high.

Not until the attacking player misses will the defending player take a turn.

A penalty kick may be awarded when a defending player is within the penalty area ( commonly known as " the box " or " 18 yard box ") and commits a foul punishable by a direct free kick against an opponent or commits a handball offence.

A successful rush usually attempts to disrupt the resource gathering of the defending player or annihilate that player entirely.

If an opponent has sufficient warning of a Rocketeer Rush, it is easy for them to build a defense to counter the Rocketeer rush for a fraction of the cost of the Rocketeers, ensuring victory for the defending player, because the opponent will be left with little money and no way of stopping a ground assault with anti-aircraft support.

According to NHL rules, various infractions during a breakaway that can lead to a penalty shot being awarded include: a goaltender deliberately dislodging a goal-post ( delay of game ), a defending player using a stick or any other part of his body to interfere with the attacking player, a goaltender or other player throwing his stick to distract or hinder the attacking player, or any other foul committed against the attacking player from behind.

* The defending player has the option to try for a field goal after a touchback.

By playing first, the defending player can save such a group.

A corner kick is awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by crossing the goal line ( either on the ground or in the air ) without a goal having been scored, having been last touched by a defending player ( including the goalkeeper ).