Competitions
Abbreviations from the results tables
You’ll see these abbreviations in the results, the TOP 6 and the tournament schedule.
- OS / WS
- Open Singles / Women’s Singles – singles
- OD / WD
- Open Doubles / Women’s Doubles – doubles
- Mixt
- mixed doubles – a woman and a man
- CD
- Classic Doubles – doubles played under Classic rules (no sneaks, time limit on each line)
- FSO
- Forward Shootout – a showdown between strikers
- Goalie War
- defenders’ duel – playing only as a goalkeeper and a pair of defenders
- DYP
- Draw Your Partner – you draw your doubles partner
- Monster DYP
- A DYP where you draw a partner each round and collect points individually
- Division B Switch
- a league for the lower divisions with a change of position
- Junior U19 / U13
- junior categories – under-19s and under-13s
On the table
Lines and positions
Each player has four bars in front of them. In doubles, one player plays defence, whilst the other plays support and attack.
- Goalkeeper
- a player on the bar, closest to his own goal
- Two
- defensive line – two players in front of the goalkeeper
- Five
- helping line – five players in the centre of the table
- Three
- attacking line – three players in front of the opposition’s goal
- Defender / forward
- roles in doubles: the defender plays as the goalkeeper and number two, the striker as number five and number three
Plays and rules
What’s going on at the table?
The full text of the ITSF regulations, translated into Polish, is available at PZFS.
- Snake (snejk)
- a shot where the ball is pinned (held) beneath the player and the wrist is twisted sharply; prohibited in Classic
- Pin shot
- A technical shot from a set-piece
- Push / Pull
- a three-point shot after moving the ball towards an opponent (push) or towards oneself (pull)
- Bank shot
- a shot or pass that has rebounded off the boards
- Fishing reel
- Rotating the handle by more than 360° before or after impact – not permitted
- Ownership limit
- 10 seconds on line 5, 15 seconds on the other lines
- Time-out
- time-out on request, up to 30 seconds; two per set
- ITSF 250 / 500
- the tournament’s ranking in the ITSF calendar – the higher it is, the more points it awards towards the world rankings