Tripping and withholding the ball from play

[eevans]

#1: Tripping does not need to be deliberate for it to be called any more than a slash has to be deliberate to be called. We adjudicate the foul/advantage gained, not the intent. Two players getting tangled up doesn't sound like a trip ("positive primary action") to me.

#2. Stepping on the ball in the midst of a loose-ball scrum is not withholding.

#3. Goalie raking it back into his crease is doing a continuous motion. If he's inside the crease and puts his stick over the ball and keeps it there and makes no attempt to scoop the ball...that's withholding. Usually what will happen if he does that same manuever outside the crease is that the savvy attackman will try to slide his own stick underneath it to free the ball.
eric evans