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A penalty stroke is a penalty awarded for a range of offences:

  • Any deliberate foul on a player with possession of, or an opportunity to play, the ball inside the circle;
  • Any offence by a defender which prevents the probablescoring of a goal;
  • Defenders consistently crossing the backline or centreline before the ball has been played during a penalty corner (usually called "breaking")

It involves a single shot (the stroke) by an attacker from a spot around six and a half metres from the centre of the goal, with only one defender to try and stop the shot. Because of the distance involved, it is intended that a stroke should be converted almost every time; however, because of the stress associated with one and the skill of some keepers, they are actually stopped or missed fairly often - some leagues have conversion rates of only 50%, with many others not a lot higher. As such, a keeper who can stop one is often a morale booster for the team, and a player who scores is typically a cause for celebration.

A series of five penalty strokes is also used to determine a winner in the case of some ties/draws.

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