SD 42 Elementary Basketball: SD42 Basketball Rules

SD 42 Elementary Basketball Rules for the 2013 Season
Revised Jan 14, 2013

Here are the rules for basketball for this year.  Our main goal is that students have fun playing sport and have a good chance to challenge themselves through sport.  Please keep that in mind throughout the year, even when the score is tied with 20 seconds left. 

Coaches
If your team has a parent volunteer coach you need to have a sponsor staff member sitting on the bench for the entire game. If the sponsor staff member can’t attend the game I would strongly suggest rescheduling it or having the team forfeit the game. Most parent volunteer coaches are very solid. Unfortunately there are some that have had problems to the point that we need to have this rule in place.
Please ensure that you have control of your students, parents and game officials.  Letting the students play without distractions is the goal.

Special Game Play Rules
Hoops can be at either 9 or 10 feet depending on your gym.  Competitive teams should play at 10 feet as the finals will be played at a high school and it allows the players to get used to playing at that height.

Half-court defense- No Pressing before offence crosses center. Pressing is only allowed in the last two minutes (stop time) of a game IF the teams are within 10 points of each other.

Players can aggressively rebound& only have to return to defensive end when the ball is securely controlled by the defender. They can take a loose ball that is accidently passed in to them, or lost by an offensive player while returning to play defense. They may not actively check the other team.

Man to man defense only.  No Zones.  You should be within about 6-8 feet of your check on defense. Help defense is allowed. This means that as the ball is being moved towards the hoop by passing or dribbling it is acceptable to leave your check and play the threat. At times this may result in two or even three players defending the ball momentarily. Please teach your players that if there are two people checking you while you dribble it means that one of your teammates is open.
Double teaming is not allowed. There is a difference between helping as there is a threat to the hoop and just sending two players to check one player.
 
Timing
Home teams must provide a competent timer, scorer and ref.  There is to be four ten minute quarters running time (doing two 5 minute shifts per quarter is the common way to run shifts).  The time clock is to stop for whistles in the last two minutes if the game is within ten points.
If possible the timer should be available for all to see.

Officiating
Please try to find competent refs (having a grade 7 student doing a competitive game would NOT be appropriate in most circumstances!) Home team needs to supply at least one referee.
Visiting team has the option of supplying a referee also for two total refs at a game. Visiting team needs to communicate if they are bringing a ref.
 
1.  Recreational teams do not report scores as they do not make playoffs.
 
2.  Competitive boys teams do report scores to me dennis_tjernagel@sd42.ca.  
 
3.  You do not have to use the score sheet but you do need to track team and individual fouls.  The score sheet just makes it easier.
 
4.  No 3 point baskets.
 
5.  2 time outs per game.  This is on the score sheet.
 
6.  2 – 5 minute shifts per quarter (10 minute/quarter) work well.  4 quarters per game.  So a total of 8 shifts per game.
 
7.  Fouls – track individual player fouls (on the score sheet)– 5 fouls players is out of the game.
 
8.  Team fouls – 5 per quarter then the opposition gets bonus.  Bonus means that every foul has the opposing team shoots 2 shots for every foul.
 
Competitive League Boys and Girls
1.     The basketball should be - Size 6: circumference 28.5 to 29 inches, weight 20 ounces – can be rubber or leather (try to have a nice ball)
2.     All teams need a minimum of 9 players at each game. Please call coaches ahead of time if you don’t have 9 players available. Please do all you can to get 9 players first. Then try to reschedule. If this doesn’t work then you will forfeit.
3.     All players on a team must be rotated equally for the first three quarters of a game.  The fourth quarter is the coach’s discretion. This rule is in place for both regular season and playoff games.
4.     Children who are better players on the competitive teams should not play for recreational teams also. It is okay for recreational players to play some games on the competitive team if that team is short players or wants to reward them.
5.     Follow all of the regular rules of basketball. This would include playing overtime. In the event of a tie, please play extra 2 minute overtime periods until a team wins.
6.     Schools are asked to keep an official score sheet and track fouls.
7.     Players are disqualified after 5 fouls.
8.     Bonus - 2 foul shots are awarded for every foul after 5 team fouls in a quarter. Reset every quarter.
9.     Score reporting– The winning team will need to report game scores to either Dennis Tjernagel for the boys or Mark Smeed for the girls.  The coordinators will update the standings on a regular basis.    
 
 
Tiebreakers
1)Any ties in the standings between two teams will be broken at the end of the season based on the head to head results between the teams.
2) If there is a 3 way tie or more where the record among the teams is the same and the tie is circular where1 beat 2, 2 beat 3 and 3 beat 1, their records against teams finishing ahead of them will be considered first. If one has beaten a team ahead of the teams that tied, that team will be placed ahead of the others.
If none of these tiebreakers break the circular tie will be broken by a random draw of the teams involved or a flip of a coin.
Recreational League Boys and Girls
1.     The basketball should be - Size 6: circumference 28.5 to 29 inches, weight 20 ounces – can be rubber or leather (try to have a nice ball)
2.     Don’t need to report scores
3.     Can have any size roster
4.     Follow all the regular rules of basketball
Coaches can decide together what aspects of the game they want the refs to watch more carefully (such as fouling) while only calling the other real obvious infractions.  The following violations should be called when they are obvious- we don’t want too many whistles, the players are developing and some errors are expected but big mistakes should be called:
1.     3 seconds in the key (it’s more like 5 seconds in the key)
2.     Travelling (obvious steps not sliding on the floor)
3.     Double dribbling
Any questions please contact:
 
 
Elementary Athletics president – Jeff Conway – jeff_conway@sd42.ca
Boys basketball – Dennis Tjernagel – dennis_tjernagel@sd42.ca
Girls Basketball – Mark Smeed – mark_smeed@sd42.ca