League rules

DIVISION 0 RULES

1. GAME WILL START WITH A COIN TOSS TO DETERMINE POSSESSION.

2. ALL PLAYERS LINE UP AND MATCH UP PRIOR TO START OF THE GAME.

3. ALL PLAYER WHO START THE QUARTER WILL REMAIN IN THE GAME FOR THAT QUARTER. NO SUBSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED EXCEPT FOR INJURIES.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO SUBSTITUTE WITHIN A QUARTER IS THE LAST 4 MIN OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

4. ALL PLAYERS WILL PLAY MAN TO MAN DEFENSE AT ALL TIMES. ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBLE TEAMING IS ALLOWED.

5. THERE IS NO STEALING OR SWIPING AT THE BALL WHEN THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER IS DRIBBLING.THE ONLY TIME A STEAL IS ALLOWED IS DURNING A PASS OR IF A PLAYER IS HOLDING THE BALL.

6.WHEN THE DEFENSE GRAPS A REBOUND, THE OPPOSING TEAM MUST GET BACK DOWN THE COURT BEFORE PLAYING DEFENSE.

7.GAMES WILL BE FOUR 8 MIN QUARTERS RUNNING CLOCK. CLOCK WILL RUN DURING FREE THROWS. CLOCK STOPS ON TIMEOUTS OR INJURIES . THE CLOCK STOPS EVERY WHISTLE AT MINUTES OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

EVERY CHILD IS REQUIRED TO PLAY AT LEAST 1.5 QUARTERS A GAME. MORE PLAYING TIME IS DETERMINED BY THE COACH.

DIVISIONS 1 AND UP WILL PLAY BY UIL RULES

Timeouts:

a.Regulation Time- Each team will be permitted to call three (3) full time outs per game.

b.Overtime- Each team will have only one (1) full timeout per overtime period, regardless of time-outs taken during regulation.

c.Sudden Death- No time outs are permitted during sudden death

d.Full timeouts- Full timeouts are one minute long.

Tie Scores- Games will be played until a winner is determined. If, at the end of regulation time, a tie score exists, a four minute running clock overtime period will be played with clock stoppage at one minute. If, after overtime period have been played a tie still exists, the game will end in a final sudden death overtime period of two minutes where the first point(s) scored by any team will win the game.If no points are scored the game will end in a tie!

Starting Possession- Each full court game (and each overtime period in a full court game) will begin with a jump ball. Cross -court games will begin with a coin toss to determine the team who gains the first possession. Possession at the beginning of each quarter will be awarded based on an alternating basis. When play resumes at the start of each quarter, the ball will be given to the team next due possession. The possession arrow will point to the team basket which is due the next possession.

BONUS SITUATIONS START AFTER FIVE TEAM FOULS PER QUARTER. 2 SHOTS WILL BE AWARDED PER FOUL. TEAM FOULS COUNT STARTS OVER AFTER EVERY QUARTER.

Teams can START A GAME with 4 players present but the other team must START THE GAME with 5 players if they are available. If both teams have 4 players to begin the game, the game can be played.

PLAYER AND PARENT CONDUCT.

A.Player Harassment of other Players or Referee: During the course of a game, any player that displays inappropriate conduct, e.g., harassment of other players or referees, shall be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the general rules of basketball.

-Referee warns player of specific unacceptable behavior, and if not corrected, player will get a Technical Foul.

-If player continues unacceptable behavior following a Technical Foul assessed against him, he/she shall be ejected from the game.

C.Spectator/Coach Harassment or Unacceptable Behavior: If, during the course of a game, any spectator or coach displays inappropriate conduct, e.g., harassment or loud yelling at a player, referee, or other spectators, the following rules for controlling the situation shall apply:

-The referee shall warn both coaches of the specific problem, i.e., issue and person(s), and advise of the potential for a Technical Foul if the situation is not corrected.

-The coaches shall advise the spectators from their team of the identified unacceptable behavior and the potential for a Technical Foul if it is not stopped. The coaches need to warn the spectators that the next offense, whether caused by the original offender or by a new person, shall result in a Technical Foul against the team associated with that person.

-If the situation is not corrected, the referee shall call a Technical Foul against the team whose coach/spectator(s) has (have) continued their unacceptable behavior, regardless of who was the initial offender(s).

-The coach of the subject team shall advise the individual(s) in question that they will be asked to leave if the harassment persists.

-If the situation remains uncorrected, a referee have the responsibility and the authority to call a Referee's Timeout and to require the specific individual(s) in question to leave the gym for the remainder of the game.

-If the individual(s) refuses to do so the referee shall declare the game forfeited by the team with which the individual(s) is (are) associated.

-If a coach is assessed two technical fouls they will be ejected from the game and must leave the gym.

D.Use of Obscene or Offensive Language: Use of unacceptable language in harassment of officials or in presence of players will not be tolerated. One warning will be made in the form of a Technical Foul. A second occurrence will result in ejection from the game and gymnasium. If a coach gets a Technical Foul for use of unacceptable language in a subsequent game, that coach will be ejected immediately, and banned from coaching in the league for the balance of the season.

E.Coach Bench Decorum1.The head coach may stand or sit within the confines of the designated coaching box (designated by contrasting color lines) . The coach should not be on the court at any time the clock is running. During timeouts the coach may come on to the floor for the following reasons:

a.Confer with personnel and players within the confines of the bench area during a charged time-out or the intermission between quarters;

b.Confer with personnel at the scorer's table to request a time-out to prevent or rectify a correctable error such as a scoring, alternating possession arrow or timing mistake;

c.Attend an injured player when beckoned onto the court by an official;

2.Assistant coaches are permitted to give instructions to players on the court, and are permitted free movement in the bench area only (excluding the coaching box) to give instructions or confer with players on the bench. Assistant coaches are not to address referees or question calls during the game.

Uniforms must be worn to participate in the game. Final decision is left up to league administrators.

Rules for fort bend Basketball Association