RULE 4 - THE PLAYERS' EQUIPMENT

A player must not use equipment or wear anything which is dangerous to him self oranother player, including any kind of jewellery.

The basic compulsory equipment of a player is:

· a jersey or a shirt;

· shorts can be soccer or surf style - Brazilian "speedo" style is not permitted; thermal under shorts may be worn only with shorts.

· players shall be authorized to wear elastic ankle and/or foot wraps;

· the use of rubberized footwear is not permitted; lycra or neoprene beach socks may be worn provided thickness is no greater than 3mm.

· plastic goggles - the use of plastic goggles for eye protection is permitted.

· Numbers between 1 and 22 shall appear on the back of the shirts;

· colors of the numbers shall contrast clearly with the colours of the jersey.

In the case of two teams showing up at the field wearing the jerseys and/or shorts of the same color or very similar, the home team will have to change to a second uniform. If there is no home team, the decision of which team will have to change the uniform will be done through the toss of a coin by the referee.

For international matches, numbers shall also appear on the front of the short though in a smaller size (15 x 7.5 cm).

· Each goalkeeper wears colors which easily distinguish him from the other players and the referees by the referee;

· the goalkeeper is allowed to play with "warm up pants" instead of shorts,when authorized.

If a field player replaces a goalkeeper, the goalkeeper's jersey worn by the player must be marked on the back with the player's own number.

Any other part of equipment will have to be free of any commercial message and be approved by the USBSF and/or FIFA.

Infringements / Sanctions:

For Any Infringement of this Rule:

· the player at fault is instructed by the referee to leave the field to correct his equipment or to obtain any missing item of the equipment. The player may not return to the field without first reporting to one of the referees,who then checks that the player's equipment is now correct. The player is only allowed to re-enter the match when the ball is out of play.