Passing the Star

The star pass...we love watching it when it goes right, but we love watching it even more when it goes wrong. It sounds simple enough (the jammer passes her star cover to her pivot, and the pivot becomes the new jammer), but the complexities of this maneuver make it very difficult to complete legally.

Key points:

- Once the jammer takes off her star, she can no longer score points (unless she puts the star cover back on). If she had lead jammer status, she loses this status immediately; it does to transfer to the pivot, and she does not get it back even if she puts the star back on her helmet.

- The star must be handed directly from jammer to pivot.

- Only the jammer or pivot can pick up a dropped star.

- The star cannot be passed to a pivot in queue for the penalty box.

- The star cannot be passed from a jammer to a pivot if the jammer is in queue for the penalty box. If the jammer is sent to the box before the star pass is complete (before the star is put on the pivot's helmet), the jammer will go to the box as the jammer (with or without her helmet cover).

Rules about passing the star fall under Section 3.5 Passing the Star.