Frog Rock Youth Basketball Division II Playing Rules
Primary objectives:
Provide players with the opportunity to develop fundamental basketball skills
Provide players with the 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: 28.5
Lane Violations: 3 seconds
Basket height: regulation
Fouls Allowed: 5
Free throw distance: regulation
Defenses: half-court zone and man allowed starting at bottom of jump circle (no match-up zones, box & ones
etc)
Quarters: 4 ten minute running time
Overtime: 1 three minute period
Tip off: 1st and 3rd quarters
Jump ball: alternating possessions
Timeouts: 3 per half per team, 1 per overtime
Three-pointers: counted from behind the 3-point line
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
1 warning given to teams starting defense above jump circle, then technical foul given
Technical foul violation is 2 shots plus ball
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 league