Roller in-line hockey roster. The players are usually divided into three lines of two forwards, two pairs of defenceman, and two extra skaters. For most penalties, the offending player is sent to the "penalty box" and his team has to play with one less skater for a short amount of time. "Minor" penalties last for two minutes, "major" penalties last for five minutes, and a "double minor" penalty is two "consecutive" penalties of two minutes duration. A single "Minor" penalty may be extended by a further two minutes for drawing blood from the victimized player. The team that has taken the penalty is
Penalty stroke 15 m free-hit. Any infringement by an attacking player during the stroke concludes in the same result, an infringement by a defensive player may result in the penalty stroke being retaken if a goal has not been scored. The first equivalent penalty in the rules was introduced in 1908 and known as a penalty bully, a form of bully-off between the offending player and any player from the attacking team. Other players could not take part until the penalty bully was complete and had to remain outside the penalty circle; in 1909 this was revised to remaining beyond the 25-yard