2010-2011
Basketball Rules Interpretation
Jerry Snodgrass,
Assistant Commissioner
Important Materials
3-Man Mechanics Guide
NFHS Rules Book
NFHS Case Book
Officials
Pre-Season Info
Handbook for Officials
Pre-Season Basketball Manual
NFHS Officials Manual
OHSAA Handbook
Meet with Teams/Coaches in Pre-Season
Important Notes for Officials
- Update your “myOHSAA” profile
Keep Email and US Mail Addresses up to Date!
- Renewal Information for Officials
Renewal Period is June 1 – July 31
Late Renewal permitted until October 31 with $50.00 late fee
Renew ONLINE…save $5.00!
- Tournament Applications
Sent to QUALIFYING officials after Renewal Deadline
Due Back to OHSAA by 1st week in November
Tournament Officials Fee & Travel Allowance are BOARD approved
and consistent in ALL districts
Accepting assignment = agreement to be eligible in ALL respects
Accepting = agreement to NOT officiate another contest on same day
The OHSAA Foundation
Games
-Created in 2006
-Games Must be Played During Pre-Season Window
-Opportunity for Teams & Officials to Experience Game Situation
-Provides Opportunity for SERVICE to Communities
-Regular Game Conditions Exist
100% of the $$$$$ Stays Local to the Charity of the Participants’ Choice
OHSAA Rules Affecting
Basketball
Special Events
The OHSAA Foundation’s “Service Week”
Games permitted between November 17 – December 4
Regular Game Rules Apply
$250.00 Game Fee goes to the OHSAA Foundation
The “V Foundation”
Kay Yow Foundation
Coaches vs Cancer
Pink Ball NOT Legal for use
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
- General Sports Regulations
- OHSAA Bylaws
- Specific BASKETBALL
Sports Regulations
National Federation (NFHS)
Input Received from:
OIAAA, OHSBCA, Standing Committees, District Athletic
Boards, Legal Challenges
Board of Directors, Member Schools, and/or NFHS Vote Each Year on Changes
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
General Sports Regulations
Out of State Travel
1 Time to Non-Bordering State…NO School Missed!
Unlimited to Bordering States
Summer Instructional Days
No Contact Periods
28 Days After Last Contest
28 Days Prior to Labor Day
Open Gyms/Conditioning Programs
Free & Unstructured Play
Basketball Equipment may NOT be used
10 per STAFF
Jr. High & High School Separate
NO Limit on number from school
Eligibility/Transfers
New to Your School?
- Not a Freshman
- Cause for Concern!
Non-Interscholastic Play
May NOT tryout, practice or compete for “club”, AAU, etc. during the season!!!!
Limit of 2 per team from school team on Non-Interscholastic Teams (except June July
“Off-Season Basketball Q & A’s” Online
Weekly Publication Posted Online
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
Basketball Specific Sports Regulations
Beginning of Practice:
- Girls: Friday, October 29
- Boys: Friday, November 5
First Preview Date:
- Girls: November 19
- Boys: November 26
First Regular Season Game:
- Girls: November 26
- Boys: December 3
Number of Scrimmages:
- 5 Total
- Foundation Game Replaces 1
Number of Games:
- 20 Regular Season (9-12)
- Sub-Varsity…includes tourn.
- 16 Junior High (Increased!)
Number of Quarters Permitted/Player:
- 90 (grades 9-12)
- 64 (grades 7-8)
Length of Quarters:
- 8:00 (Varsity)
Tournament Draw Meetings:
- 6:00/7:00 (Sub-Varsity)
- Girls: Sunday, February 6
- 6:00 (grades 7-8)
- Boys: Sunday, February 13
Approved Tournament Balls:
Approved GAME Balls:
-Rawlings Comp Ohio VB
-ANY Ball that has NFHS Stamp
-Rawlings Comp Ohio 28.5 VB
-Not PINK
-Wilson “WAVE” IS legal
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
Requirements to Coach In Ohio
Bylaw 6
All Coaches Must meet the Requirements of the ODE
What ARE these ODE Requirements?
All individuals that coach, direct, or supervise students must obtain a
Pupil Activity Supervisor’s Permit
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hold a current and Valid CPR Card
Complete an approved Sports’ First Aid Course
Complete and submit a BCI/FBI Background Check
Complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching course
Valid CPR Card
Sports First Aid
BCI/FBI Check
Fundamentals of
Coaching
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
Basketball Specific Sports Regulations
&
How to Deal with Them
Number of Quarters Permitted:
5 Per Day
Length of Quarters:
- 8:00 (Varsity)
- 6:00/7:00 (Sub-Varsity)
- 6:00 (grades 7-8)
Approved Game Balls:
Any Ball with the NFHS Stamp
Approved TOURNAMENT Game Balls:
-Rawlings Comp Ohio VB
-Rawlings Comp Ohio 28.5 VB
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
Basketball Specific Sports Regulations
EJECTIONS
- Numbers in ALL Sports are Lowest Since Records Kept (1994)
- Basketball continues to outpace other sports
- 85 Players
- 35 Coaches
-- 7 Varsity Head Coaches
-- 14 Assistant Coaches (JV & Freshmen)
-- 14 Junior High Coaches
BOYS
GIRLS
- 20 Players
- 13 Coaches
-- 8 Varsity Head Coaches
-- 5 Junior High, Assistant Coaches, Freshmen Coaches
OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball
Basketball Specific Sports Regulations
EJECTIONS
Coaches must LEAVE the Gymnasium
Players are restricted to bench and supervised by coach
After an Ejection:
-Official must contact Athletic Director
-Official must complete Ejection Report
(Fax/email to school & OHSAA within 48 hours)
Coach/Player Ejections Are FINAL
They are NOT Appealable
Out for 2 Contests
$100.00 Fine
NFHS Course
Rating & Voting for Officials
An Important Part of the Tournament Selection Process
Coaches RATE
Others VOTE
- Officials must complete application to be eligible for tournament officiating
- Always 1 Year in ‘behind’
- Applications Emailed to all Eligible Officials
- All Coaches Must RATE Officials
- Others are provided opportunity to VOTE for Officials
• Athletic Directors
• Officials Association Secretaries
• District Athletic Board Members
• Assignors
• OHSAA Administrative Staff
OHSAA
UMPIRE
Best Official
Rating Officials
Click on
“Officials Rating Instructions
Rating Officials
Coaches are REMINDED to
RATE OFFICIALS
RATING
DAB Members, Assignors,
Athletic Directors & Local
Secretaries are REMINDED to
VOTE for Officials
Looking Ahead to Tournament
-DISTRICT ATHLETIC BOARDS Organize
Sectional/District Tournaments & SELECT
THE OFFICIALS FOR THEM!
-OHSAA Conducts Regional/State Tournaments &
the OHSAA Assigns Officials.
-Move to Make All Tournament Consistent
-Seed Procedures
-Seed Dates/Times
Girls: February 6, 2011
Boys: February 13, 2011
The Rules Process
National Federation
Of
State High School Associations
The National Rules
Committee
Henry Zaborniak, Chair
1. Comprised of 11 Voting Members, 1 non-voting member
2. Input received from Coaches
3. Annually Develop
Rule Changes
Editorial Changes
Points of Emphasis
LAST Year’s Rule Review
Last Year’s Rules/POE’s do not “go away”
One MAJOR Change
Use of Replay Permitted at State Semi-Finals & Finals
Points of Emphasis from 2009-10
Closely Guarded
– Player is in control in frontcourt
– Guarded by opponent within 6 ft.
– Defender must be in legal guarding position
Traveling
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Spin move
Step-through move
Jump stop
Perimeter shooters taking extra ‘hop’
Lifting the pivot foot before starting the dribble
3-Seconds
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The ball is in flight for a try for goal
An opponent secures the ball
The ball becomes dead
The tapping of a rebound
A loose ball following a try
A throw-in
The “Block/Charge”
– Both feet must touch the court
– Front of Guard’s torso must be facing the opponent
– One or both feet on court OR airborne..inbounds
– Does NOT have to continue facing
– Defender may move laterally but not TOWARD opponent
when contact occurs
– Defender MAY raise hands or jump in vertical plane
LAST Year’s Review
The “Block/Charge”
B
A
Legal Guarding Position
Guarding a Player With the Ball
LAST Year’s Review
“Free Throw Administration”
Of Specific Concern:
-Players locking-up arms
-The use of force to drive players UNDER the basket
-Pushing and Displacing
Proper POSITIONING by Officials helps with enforcement
Lead is approximately 4 feet from near lane line for ALL free throws.
Center is halfway between the near lane line and the sideline; just
above the free-throw line extended.
Trail is at approximately the 28-foot mark and just inside the tableside
boundary line – NOT at the division line.
2010-2011
NFHS Basketball
Rule Changes
Concussion Procedure Revised
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
Concussion language has been revised in ALL
NFHS Rules Books
-No longer any references to “unconscious or
apparently unconscious.”
- New procedure requires an athlete exhibiting
signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a
concussion be removed from the contest.
Concussion Procedure Revised
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
Found on Appendix D (Page 75) of the
2010-11
NFHS Basketball
Rules Book
Concussion Procedure Revised
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
Focus of Educational Information Made Available to ALL Ohio Schools
• A concussion is a brain injury that results in a
temporary disruption of normal brain function.
• A concussion occurs when the brain is violently rocked
back and forth or twisted inside the skull as a result of
a blow to the head or body.
Concussion Procedure Revised
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
What does this mean to Coaches & Officials?
• Coaches and/or Officials are NOT expected to
“diagnose” a concussion
– that is the job of an appropriate health-care
professional.
Coaches, Officials AND Administrators ARE being
asked to make all efforts to ensure that concussed
athletes do not continue to participate.
Concussion Recognition and Management
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
What does this mean to Coaches & Officials?
• The game official is not responsible for the
evaluation or management of the athlete after he/she
is removed from play.
• If an appropriate health-care professional determines
that the athlete HAS NOT suffered a concussion, the
athlete may return to play.
Concussion Recognition and Management
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
Coaches:
• Only the following may permit a removed player to
re-enter a contest:
• A Medical Doctor (M.D.)
• An Osteopath (D.O.)
• A licensed Athletic Trainer (ATC)
Must be IN WRITING
If None of the Above present….they do NOT return
Athletes with continued concussion symptoms are at significant risk
for recurrent, cumulative and even catastrophic consequences of a
second concussive injury.
Develop a Protocol within your school!
Concussion Procedure Revised
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
Injured Player is
Directed to LEAVE the
game by game official
Player is cleared by
APPROPRIATE Health
Care Official IN
WRITING
Player is then AND
ONLY THEN permitted
re-entry to game
The responsibility for obtaining that clearance rests with the coach/school, and need not be
verified by the officials. If A1 appears at the scorer’s table to reenter the game, the officials
shall assume the coach/school followed the appropriate return-to-play procedures and A1 is
eligible to participate.
Concussion Recognition and Management
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
When in Doubt....Sit ‘Em Out!!
Must be IN WRITING
It is NOT the Officials’ Responsibility to see any written approval for
return to play.
IF and WHEN a player returns, it is the responsibility of the Coach
and School to assure the written ‘return to play’ protocol has been
followed.
Schools have been provided MANY tools
& recommendations
Concussion Procedure Revised
I Pity the Foooooool
that puts a player
back into the game
WITHOUT a WRITTEN
Authorization!
(2-8-5; 3-3-8)
What does this mean to
Coaches & Officials?
List of Legal Head/Wristband Colors
Expanded
(3-5-3a)
- Change was made in 2008-09 that permitted Headbands and
Wristbands to be a SINGLE SOLID COLOR of WHITE, BLACK,
BEIGE or a color similar to the torso of the jersey.
- Now….Headbands and Wristbands can be WHITE, BLACK,
BEIGE OR a SINGLE SOLID SCHOOL COLOR.
All team members must continue to wear the same color for each
item and for all participants.
List of Legal Head/Wristband Colors
Expanded
(3-5-3a)
Legal: Wristbands/Headbands
are SINGLE SOLID SCHOOL
COLOR (BLUE)
Legal: Wristbands/Headbands
are SINGLE SOLID SCHOOL
COLOR (GOLD)
All team members must continue to wear the same color for each
item and for all participants.
List of Legal Head/Wristband Colors
Expanded
(3-5-3a)
LEGAL: Wristbands/Headbands
are SINGLE SOLID SCHOOL
COLOR (ORANGE)
NOT LEGAL:
Wristbands/Headbands are
NOT White, Black, Beige or
Single Solid School Color
All team members must continue to wear the same color for each
item and for all participants.
Player/Team Member Location While Game
in Progress
(10-3-6-i)
-A player leaving the court for an UNAUTHORIZED
REASON to demonstrate:
- RESENTMENT
- DISGUST
- INTIMIDATION
Now added to the list of
UNSPORTING BEHAVIORS
The intent is to further reduce the likelihood of individual players
demonstrating unsporting behavior.
Player/Team Member Location While Game
in Progress
(10-3-6-i)
Similar Rule added requiring team
members to remain on the
court/in the bench area while
game is in progress until each
quarter ends OR extra period has
ended.
This includes Free-Throw
attempts by an opponent with no
time remaining on the clock
Player/Team Member Location While Game
in Progress
(10-3-6-i)
(10-5-5)
Since the Head Coach is ultimately
responsible for the conduct of all
team members…..
the penalty is a technical foul assessed directly to
the Head Coach.
2010-2011
NFHS Basketball
Major Editorial Changes
Substitutions During
Intermission /Time-Outs
(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2)
Substitutes between quarters, at halftime or
during a time-out must report prior to the
warning signal.
Note has been added to clarify that when a
substitute is not properly reported, the players
in the game at the conclusion of the
quarter/when the time-out was granted will be
in the game when play resumes.
Substitutions During
Intermission /Time-Outs
(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2)
Rule 4-34-2 was edited as follows:
• During intermission, all team members are
bench personnel for the purpose of
penalizing unsporting behaviors.
Language reflects the spirit and intent of the rule
Substitutions During
Intermission /Time-Outs
(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2)
Language reflects the spirit and intent of the rule
Uniforms
(3-4-2d)
Change made to Rule 3-4-2d to clarify
that a school or conference logo/mascot
may be located in the following places:
In Either SIDE
Insert
At the
Apex/Opening of
the Neckline
Corresponding
area On the
BACK of the
Jersey
Guards, Casts and Braces
(3-5-2)
The language regarding guards,
casts and braces was edited to clarify:
a. The prohibition regarding hard and unyielding
items on the elbow, hand, finger/thumb, wrist or
forearm.
b. Closed-cell, slow-recovery foam no less than
1/2” thick must be used to pad hard and
unyielding items on the upper arm or shoulder.
c. Knee and ankle braces unaltered from the
manufacturer’s original design/production are
permitted and need not be padded/covered.
Guards, Casts and Braces
(3-5-2)
And.......
d. A protective face mask made of hard material
may be worn, but must be molded to the face
with no protrusions.
Legal.....
Molded to the face
with no protrusions
Ball at Player’s Disposal
(4-4-7d)
Clarified that the ball is at the
disposal of a player when:
- It is available to him/her after a goal AND
- the official begins the throw-in count.
Does involve some judgment
#54 has the ball at his disposal but
is making no attempt to move or
pick it up....
Official should start throw-in count
Throw-in Awarded to
Wrong Team
(7-6-6 New)
Clarified that when the ball is awarded to
the wrong team on a throw-in...the mistake
must be rectified before the throw-in ends.
This has been the interpretation and stated clearly in the
NFHS Basketball Case Book for years – now just stated in
the Rules Book.
2010-2011
NFHS Basketball
Points
Of
Emphasis
Rules Enforcement
Points
Of
Emphasis
There appears to be continued movement away
from consistent enforcement of NFHS playing
rules
Individual philosophies, personal interpretations
and deviations from the rules as written,
negatively impact the basic tenets and
fundamentals of the game.
Rules Enforcement
Continued
Why are the Rules Written?
 To Minimize risk to Participants
To Provide a Balance between Offense & Defense
To Promote the sound tradition of the game
To Promote Fair Play
Rules Enforcement
Continued
Points
Of
Emphasis
Illegal tactics that are permitted – are promoted.
When officials permit players to use illegal tactics
without penalty, the behavior is condoned and
consequently encouraged.
When officials consistently enforce the playing rules as
written and intended, players and coaches are able to
make the proper adjustments – promoting skill
development and a level playing field.
Sporting Behavior
Teams entering the gymnasium prior to the
contest should not run through the area occupied
by the opposing team or under the basket where
opponents are warming up.
Where possible, teams should only enter, jog and warm up
on their half of the court
No ‘circling the court’ when coming out for warm-up
Sporting Behavior
Continued
Points
Of
Emphasis
After warm-up, during introductions, after a game,
teams often gather/huddle for motivation.
These should be performed in the area directly in
front of the team bench
Teams often go back to the locker room during pregame or do not come out until late at halftime.
When/If this occurs....the other team may not use the
entire court.
As a point of reference for Administrators:
Only authorized personnel (cheerleaders, athletic trainers, managers,
administrators, etc.) should be permitted on the floor.
All spectators should be in designated areas.
Perimeter Play
Points
Of
Emphasis
Two Illegal actions taking place on the perimeter
that are causing concern:
1. Defenders are illegally using hands to “check” the
ball handler/dribbler.
2. Perimeter Offensive players are palming the ball to
elude defenders.
BOTH are showing a trend of being UNCALLED
promoting further illegal actions
(see Rule Enforcement POE)
Perimeter Play
Continued
Hand Checking
Points
Of
Emphasis
- any tactic using the hands or arms that allows a
player, on offense or defense, to control (hold,
impede, push, divert, slow or prevent) the movement
of an opposing player.
Hand Checking
• Defenders shall not have
hand(s) on the offensive
player
• When a player has a hand
on, two hands on or jabs a hand or forearm on
the opponent, IT IS A FOUL.
• Only Incidental Contact is permitted
Hand checking is a foul and is NOT “incidental contact”
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2010-11
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2010-11
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2010-11
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