It's a joke right? This rule is so useless! I mean, there are like a million exceptions and then there're different rules depending on where you're located on the pitch, so this rule is doomed to be ignored or wrongly decided by every single referee I know!!!!111! Trying to get a better flow into most hockey games might be a good idea...this rule...simply ain't. What about instructing referees to be more relaxed in case of advantages?! Or allowing high balls from free hits near your own D without the necessity of one of your teammates to touch it (assuming that no opponent player is endangered)?! Anyway, I'm not a member of the FIH rule comittee, so it's not my decision...