{"id":32401,"date":"2026-10-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/?p=32401"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:23:59","slug":"sezon-halowy-2026-27-kiedy-rusza-i-co-zmieniaja-przepisy-fih-od-1-listopada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/sezon-halowy-2026-27-kiedy-rusza-i-co-zmieniaja-przepisy-fih-od-1-listopada\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor season 2026\/27 \u2013 when it starts in Poland and what the new edition of the FIH rules changes from 1 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autumn is when Polish hockey moves from the pitch to the indoor hall. This year it comes with a new edition of the FIH indoor rules, which applies at international level from 1 November 2026. Below we explain where to find the dates of the indoor season and what actually changes in the rules. We checked every change against the full paragraph in both editions: the 2023 one and the new one, labelled 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When the indoor season starts in Poland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dates of indoor league competitions and the Polish indoor championships in the various age groups are set and published by the Polish Field Hockey Federation (PZHT). At the time of writing, we did not find an indoor fixture list for the 2026\/27 season in the calendar on the PZHT website, so we are not giving any dates. You will find current dates, tournament venues and regulations on the PZHT website and from your club coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The new edition of the FIH rules \u2013 from when and who it applies to<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new edition of the FIH Rules of Indoor Hockey applies in international competition from 1 November 2026. FIH leaves it to national associations to decide when to introduce it at national level. So when the new rules apply in the league you play in is decided by PZHT and the regulations of the competition concerned. FIH also states that this edition does not change the core elements of the game, but focuses on clarifying the wording and aligning it with the outdoor rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What changes on the field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Half-time interval<\/strong> \u2013 a match still consists of four 10-minute quarters with a one-minute interval after the first and third quarters. The half-time interval lasts 5 minutes instead of 3. Competition regulations may still set other durations.<\/li><li><strong>Substituting the goalkeeper for a field player<\/strong> \u2013 the 2023 edition limited to two per match the number of substitutions in which a team takes its goalkeeper off and brings on a field player. The new edition removes this limit along with the exceptions associated with it.<\/li><li><strong>Ball in the air<\/strong> \u2013 the ball in the air still must not be played. Under the 2023 edition, it may be stopped by the team that did not raise it; after a legitimate shot rebounds off the goalkeeper, a defender, the goal-post or the cross-bar, either team may stop it. The new edition allows players to stop it and expressly permits bringing it under control by pressing it down with the flat side of the stick.<\/li><li><strong>A goal only from a ball on the floor<\/strong> \u2013 the new edition states expressly that a goal cannot be scored unless the ball was on the floor at the last contact by an attacker before it entered the goal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What changes for the goalkeeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their own circle, a goalkeeper may propel the ball with the stick, feet, kickers, legs or leg guards only when the ball is on the floor. A ball in the air may only be stopped or deflected with these parts of the body and equipment. FIH describes this as writing down the existing interpretation. The new edition also limits pushing the ball away with the arms, hands and the rest of the body to a ball on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The equipment specification also changes: the maximum length of a goalkeeper\u2019s hand protector, measured laid flat with the palm upwards, increases from 355 to 365 mm. The width stays the same \u2013 228 mm. We write more about the goalkeeper\u2019s positioning and equipment indoors in the post <a href=\"\/en\/bramkarz-w-hokeju-halowym-co-zmienia-sie-w-sprzecie-i-ustawieniu\/\">on the goalkeeper in indoor hockey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cards, umpires and devices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Yellow card<\/strong> \u2013 under the 2023 edition it meant a suspension of at least 2 minutes; under the new one it is 2 or 4 minutes. A green card is still 1 minute.<\/li><li><strong>No second card of the same colour<\/strong> \u2013 the same player should not receive two green or two yellow cards in a match, even for different offences. A further offence for which a card would otherwise be awarded is sanctioned with a higher-category penalty. Cards for team offences, for example those imposed on the captain, are the exception.<\/li><li><strong>Penalties for team officials<\/strong> \u2013 a team official can now also be shown a card. For the duration of their temporary suspension, the team plays with one fewer player.<\/li><li><strong>The ball touches an umpire<\/strong> \u2013 under the 2023 edition, play generally continued. Under the new one it continues unless one of the teams is disadvantaged as a result \u2013 in that case play is re-started with a bully.<\/li><li><strong>Communication devices<\/strong> \u2013 the new edition prohibits players from using or being equipped with devices to send or receive communication.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What stays the same<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basics of indoor hockey do not change: a team has no more than six players on the field, the ball must not be hit, and it may be raised only for a shot at goal. It is not an offence if the ball rises unintentionally by less than 100 mm, unless an opponent is within playing distance of the ball. The side-boards along the longer sides are still part of the game, as we describe in the post on <a href=\"\/en\/gra-od-bandy-w-hokeju-halowym-jak-ja-wykorzystac-w-ataku-i-obronie\/\">playing off the boards in indoor hockey<\/a>. We have covered the other differences between indoor and outdoor hockey in the post on <a href=\"\/en\/hokej-halowy-przepisy-roznice-wzgledem-hokeja-na-trawie\/\">indoor hockey rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equipment for the start of the season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of changes in the introduction to the new edition does not mention any changes to the stick specification. For a field player, the start of the indoor season is, among other things, a question of whether they have an indoor stick. Among the sticks in our shop, some are intended for indoor use only (for example the TK P1 XLB Indoor or the Gryphon Taboo XLB Indoor Wood G26), while others are labelled both Indoor and Outdoor (for example the Ritual Velocity 75). For younger players there is, among others, the Ritual Precision 10 Indoor Jr. Before buying, check the variant and available lengths on the product page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are getting ready for indoor hockey, take a look at <a href=\"\/en\/sklep\/kije\/\">the sticks in our shop<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indoor season 2026\/27: where to find PZHT dates and what the new FIH rules edition changes from 1.11.2026 \u2013 half-time, goals, goalkeeper, cards.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poradniki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32403,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32401\/revisions\/32403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}