The fullbacks are primarily defensive players although they have opportunities for long shots to the forwards. The fullbacks and the halfbacks should never mix up, by guarding the same girl. The fullbacks stay near their own goal. If the right half is guarding the left wing and the center half the center forward, then the left inside remains for the right fullback to guard. When one fullback is up the field, that is, near the fifty-yard line (she must never go beyond the fifty-yard line), the other fullback should be back toward the goal. The players on the defense should never be bunched in front of the goal, and in hitting the ball away from the goal, they should hit out toward the side lines--never across the center. In a corner or a bully the fullbacks should guard the goal closely. GOAL KEEPER. The goal keeper should be very cool--not get rattled if a goal is made by the opposing side. It is well for the goal keeper to watch the eyes of the opposing forward; often in that way she can tell where the forward is going to shoot. The goal keeper should never be drawn away from her goal line. She should stand about a foot in front, but no farther away. _Above all, the goal keeper should have courage; she should not step back from any ball, afraid to stop it._ Not only should she rely on her stick, but she should remember that she may kick and stop the ball with her body. The main object is to keep the ball out of the goal and get it in less dangerous territory. This often requires quick, clear thinking on the part of the goal keeper. The fullbacks should never leave the goal keeper alone and unprotected; nor should they stand so close to her, nor so directly in front of her, that they impede her playing or obstruct her view of the play. _The goal keeper must never lose sight of the ball._ There are a few general directions that might be given for playing. Keep your own position--don’t run out of your place to interfere in someone else’s. Use your head--flighty playing merely ends in wildness and nothing accomplished. Save your strength--do not use it up in the first mad rushes and terrific hits. It is the consistent, steady, dependable player who wins the game. A great deal of time is wasted in the roll-in, that is, when the ball is put in play after going over the side line. The team taking the roll-in should have signals, that is, an understanding as to the line-up. The halfback generally takes the roll-in unless the point where roll-in occurs is near the goal line being defended, then the roll-in is taken by the fullback. The ball should be sent to the person best prepared to receive it the wing if she is free or the inside or halfback; sometimes it even may be rolled back toward the fullback. The opponents never leave any player unguarded. As soon as the roll-in is called, it should be taken quickly.