So What is Gator?

Here are the rules:

1. Gator rules are soccer rules except as specified below.
2. You can touch/catch/possess/pass/shoot the ball with your hands if:

• The ball DOES NOT touch the ground prior to you touching it with your hands,
• The ball last touched another player (that is, another player kicked/threw/deflected the ball and you touch/catch the ball on the fly),
• The ball did not touch you last (that is, no passing to yourself or bobbling the ball),
• You are NOT inside the goal box on either side of the field. (except for the Goalie, in which case the goal box is the ONLY place he/she can catch the ball)

3. Your team forfeits possession of the ball if:

• Another player tags you while you possess the ball with your hands,
• You touch the ball illegally (ex: touching the ball with your hands in a goal box, touching a ball with your hands that touched the ground immediately before you touch it with your hands),
• You possess the ball with your hands while inside the goal box.

4. In Gator, “out of bounds” rules apply to the end lines, not to the side lines. The field extends to infinity horizontally.
5. In Gator, “offsides” does not exist.