Frog Rock Youth Basketball Division I Playing Rules

 

Primary objectives:

Provide players with the opportunity to develop fundamental basketball skills

 

Provide players opportunity to grow basketball and social skills in a team-oriented, supportive and fun culture

 

Emphasize double goal winning- in life and on court

 

Primary rules:

 

Ball size: 27.5

 

Lane Violations: 5 seconds

 

Basket height: 8 feet

 

Fouls Allowed: 5

 

Free throw distance: regulation

 

Defenses: all types of half-court defense allowed beginning at top of the key

 

Quarters: 4 ten minute running time, the score is kept

 

Tipoff: 1st and 3rd quarters

 

Jump ball: alternating possessions

 

Timeouts: 3 per half per team, 1 per overtime

 

Three-pointers: not counted

 

Foul shots: shooting fouls if in act of shooting.

 

Possession with exception of last two minutes of quarters 2,4 when it is 1 and 1.

 

Violations are reshot on defense or no basket, change in possession on offense.

 

Jewelry: removed prior to the game

 

Offensive teams have 10 seconds to cross midcourt or lose possession

 

Technical foul violation is 2 shots plus ball

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Equal playing time will be the norm for all players on all teams

 

Coaches are to be PCA trained (sportsmanship and double goal coaching) prior to starting in the league