Frog Rock Youth Basketball Division III 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: regulation

 

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 trapping, matchups, 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