2005-06 NFHS BASKETBALL RULES CHANGES MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES POINTS OF EMPHASIS MAJOR MANUAL CHANGES

2005-06 NFHS BASKETBALL

RULES CHANGES

MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES

POINTS OF EMPHASIS

MAJOR MANUAL CHANGES


RULES CHANGES

JERSEYS PROHIBITED FROM BEING REMOVED

(3-4-15, 10-3-7h, 10-4-1h) Team member prohibited from

removing jersey within confines of playing area.

Penalty is a technical foul. Intended to be applied in all

situations – due to blood other unusual circumstances

JERSEYS PROHIBITED FROM BEING REMOVED

(3-4-15, 10-3-7h, 10-4-1h) Not unreasonable to expect team

members to go to locker rooms to change jerseys.

Addition addresses growing behavioral concern of players removing jerseys to – demonstrate frustration or anger attract individual attention

TEAM-CONTROL FOULS (7-5-5, 4-19-7)

Penalty for team-control foul changed to a throw-in in all cases.

Ball to offended team at spot nearest to where foul occurred.

Bonus free throws no longer awarded.

New definition for team-control foul in Rule 4-19-7.


Makes rule enforcement easier for officials.

Under previous rule, difficult to determine player control: when offensive player charges

receiving or releasing a pass during interrupted dribble

Makes penalty consistent for player-control foul and team-control foul.


Applies only when foul is by team in control.

By rule, there is NO team control during a throw-in during a jump ball while ball is in flight during try/tap for

goal Bonus rule applies to fouls committed

during these situations.


Officials should review Correctable Error Rule (2-10)

With rules change, possible to: Fail to award a merited free

throw Award an unmerited free throw Permit wrong player to attempt

free throw


Signaling sequence:1. Foul (raised fist, birddog

optional)2. Preliminary signal3. Direction4. Spot

DOUBLE FOULS (7-5-9, 4-36)

Penalty for double personal, double technical and simultaneous fouls changed.

From alternating-possession (AP) throw-in to resuming from point of interruption (POI).

New definition for POI in Rule 4-36. If POI cannot be determined – AP used:

Example: unsuccessful try in flight


Key points: Officials must know the status of

the ball when a double foul is called.

Play is resumed where the ball was located, NOT at the spot nearest to where the fouls occurred.


Rationale for change: No team should benefit from a

double foul. Team entitled to arrow benefited

from the fouling act. Hope is that more double fouls will

be called when warranted.

LEAVING COURT FOR UNAUTHORIZED REASON (9-3-2)

Rule for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason changed to a violation.

Tactic increasing with former penalty of a technical foul not being assessed.

Violation called as soon as player voluntarily leaves the court.


Could be called on offense or defense.

Offense typically violates (player runs around low screen outside the end line) – immediate dead ball.

If called on the defense during a try in flight – the ball remains live (6-7-9 Exception d).


Hope is to eliminate this tremendous advantage – Penalty change and emphasis

will be deterrent to coaches/players

Less severe penalty more likely to be called


MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES

INTENTIONAL FOUL CLARIFIED (4-19-3)

Definition reorganized to assist officials with proper enforcement.

Covered thoroughly as a Point of Emphasis.

THREE-POINT SCORING CLARIFIED (5-2-1)

Clarifies when a three-point goal shall be scored: A thrown ball which touches a

teammate outside the three-point arc before passing through the basket shall be considered a three-point goal.

BENCH PERSONNEL & HEAD COACHES’ RULE CLARIFIED (10-4-4, 10-5)

New article added to Section 10-4 to clarify when bench personnel may stand.

Consolidates previous 10-4-1g and 10-5-2.

Section 10-5 also reorganized to clarify the head coaches’ rule.

BENCH PERSONNEL & HEAD COACHES’ RULE CLARIFIED (10-4-4, 10-5)

Rationale: Clarifies any potential confusion

regarding when bench personnel (including assistant coaches) may stand.

Clarifies bench responsibilities of the head coach with and without the coaching box.


POINTS OF EMPHASIS

SPORTING BEHAVIOR

The NFHS Basketball Rules Committee continues to be concerned with player, coach and fan behavior.

Imperative that all parties involved accept responsibility and improve behavior.

Specifically, the committee wants the following addressed:

SPORTING BEHAVIOR - UNIFORMS

Players using uniforms in unsporting ways increasing.

Examples include: Holding uniform out from chest to

display team name Pulling uniform out of shorts in an

emotional display Removing jersey, especially after a

disqualification


Jerseys are expected to be worn properly and remain on.

New Rule 3-4-15 adds, “A player shall not remove the jersey and/or pants/skirt in the confines of the playing area.”

The result is a technical foul.


Uniforms must be worn as intended and the rule must be enforced.

Jersey must be tucked in and shorts must be worn properly.

When a player is in violation of the rule, the player is directed to leave the game.


Jerseys become untucked during play, but too often there are multiple warnings for clear violations.

Coaches bear a great responsibility in ensuring uniforms stay on team members.

Officials must enforce the rules as written.

Directing a player to leave early in the game typically solves the problem and saves multiple warnings later.

SPORTING BEHAVIOR – TIME-OUTS

Bench personnel run onto the court to celebrate and congratulate teammates when a time-out is called after a scoring run.

Opposing players heading toward their bench area, often cross with celebrating team.

SPORTING BEHAVIOR – TIME-OUTS

Situation can lead to bumping, pushing and/or taunting.

Coaches must ensure bench personnel remain in team bench area (1-13-3) after time-out is called.

Officials must be aware of potential for confrontation – use preventive officiating techniques and penalize appropriately.

SPORTING BEHAVIOR – SPECTATORS

Fan behavior remains a critical concern.

Too often, fans are using abusive language toward coaches, players and officials.

Fans are also approaching the court, team areas and locker rooms – places that used to be “off limits” – to confront participants.


Game administrators: Provide a safe environment for

players, coaches and officials. Create and follow security

procedures. Support efforts to have offending

fans removed from the premises. Address problems before the

official must point them out.


Coaches: Must not incite fan behavior – sideline

actions often have an impact on fan behavior – positively or negatively.


Officials: Never directly confront fans. Find the game administrator to

take care of the problem. In extreme cases, delay the game

until the offending fan is removed. If a game administrator is not

present, the head coach serves in this capacity.

SPORTING BEHAVIOR – COACHING BOX

Coaches must stay in the coaching box.

Wandering coaches create problems: Distinct advantage gained by ability to

better communicate with team. Interferes with play. Distracting to players and officials. Perceived as an intimidation tactic toward

officials and table personnel. Can incite inappropriate player, bench and

spectator behaviors.


Rule is black-and-white, but has not been dealt with properly.

Many officials ignore the rule because coaches are not “directing comments” to officials or are “just coaching the team.”

These situations should have no bearing on addressing the behavior.


Coach is OUT of box “just coaching”: FIRST offense – address behavior by

warning coach. NEXT offense – technical foul

assessed. Coach is IN or OUT of box behaving

inappropriately (10-4): FIRST offense – technical foul

assessed.


Once coaching box is lost due to technical foul, all related rules restrictions apply.

Once privilege is lost, there is no way to get the coaching box back.


Assistant coaches do NOT have same privileges as the head coach.

Only the head coach is permitted to address officials.

The fact that an assistant coach is “only coaching” has no bearing on the rule or enforcement.


Assistant coaches must be seated at ALL times, except: during time-outs or intermissions to attend to an injured player

after being beckoned to spontaneously react to a play


Assistant coach is standing, “just coaching”: FIRST offense – address behavior by

warning the head coach. NEXT offense – assess a technical foul

on the assistant coach (indirect to head coach, loss of coaching box).

Assistant coach is behaving inappropriately, standing or sitting: FIRST offense – assess a technical foul.


Coaches who continually abuse the coaching-box rule risk having the state change or remove the box completely.

Officials who don’t enforce the coaching-box rule risk not following the expectations of the state and having future assignments affected.

School administrators must demand that coaches adhere to this rule.

FREE-THROWS – LANE SPACES

Many believe defensive players in first lane spaces are at a rebounding disadvantage.

Proposals continually submitted to committee to: Eliminate first space (move players up) Permit players to stand on block

Statistics collected do not support the need for these proposed changes.

FREE-THROWS – LANE SPACES

Statistics within acceptable ranges and consistent with historical norms.

Team closest to basket is supposed to get most rebounds!

The rules are not designed to: guarantee a rebound to the defense or give each team an equal chance.

A rules change will only be considered when statistics suggest one is necessary.

FREE-THROWS – ROUGH PLAY

Having player restrictions end when attempt hits the ring continues to serve initial purpose of reducing rough play.

Same is true for keeping the block (neutral zone) – provides a “buffer” area between players.

FREE-THROWS – ROUGH PLAY

Rough play still a concern. Coaches must NOT teach players

to: “lock up” arms along the lane line drive players further under the

basket with brute force Officials must call fouls when

players are being held or displaced.

FREE-THROWS – DISCONCERTION

Disconcertion must be carefully monitored. Especially when the free throw will become

dead (first of two or first two of three). Defensive players employ tactics serving no

other purpose than to disconcert the shooter: “boxing out” free thrower off line waving arms yelling instructions to teammates, etc.

FREE-THROWS – DISCONCERTION

Another increasing trend is opponents outside the arc saying things to the thrower.

With team free-throw percentages hovering in the mid-60’s on average, teams welcome a second chance free throw.

They deserve it if disconcertion occurs and officials must call it.

INTENTIONAL FOULS

Committee continues to be concerned about intentional fouls.

Intentional foul rule has devolved into misapplication and personal interpretations.

Committee has revised rule to improve understanding.

INTENTIONAL FOULS – ANYTIME IN GAME

Neutralizing an opponent’s obvious advantageous position or excessive contact, including: Excessive contact on player

attempting a shot Grabbing or shoving a player from

behind when an easy basket may be scored

Grabbing and holding a player from behind or away from the ball

INTENTIONAL FOULS – ANYTIME IN GAME

These are “non-basketball” plays and must be considered intentional fouls anytime they occur during a game.

INTENTIONAL FOULS – LATE IN GAME

Fouling is an accepted coaching strategy and is utilized by nearly all coaches in some form.

Viewed as a chance for a team behind in the score to get back in the game while the clock is stopped.

There is widespread belief that it works or it wouldn’t be coached.


There is a right way and a wrong way to foul.

Coaches must instruct players in proper strategic fouling technique.

“Going for the ball” is a common phrase heard, but intentional fouls should still be called on players who go for the ball if it is not done properly.


Conversely, a coach who yells, “Foul!” instructions to team members does not “automatically” mean the ensuing foul is an intentional foul — even though it is a strategic foul designed to stop the clock.

Coaches, officials, players, fans and administrators must accept fouling as a legitimate coaching strategy.


With that, officials must have the courage to enforce the intentional foul rule.

Too often, officials do not whistle fouls as intentional when the act clearly meets the criteria.

Officiating philosophies should not change because of the game time remaining or the score differential.

The correct call should be made — not the popular one.


MAJOR MANUAL CHANGES

DISQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE – TWO

1. Non-calling official:• notifies coach • requests timer to begin 30-second

replacement interval • notifies disqualified player

2. Calling official takes a position with ball at top of arc in end of the court where play will resume.

DISQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE – TWO

3. Non-calling official takes a position on division line half way between center circle and sideline nearer table to administer substitution.

4. Immediately after substitution for disqualified player, officials return to proper positions to administer subsequent throw-in or free throw.

DISQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE – THREE

1. New table side (Center or Trail) official • notifies coach• requests timer to begin 30-second

replacement interval• notifies disqualified player

2. Officials not administering disqualification assume positioning for subsequent throw-in or free throw.

DISQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE – THREE

3. Official administering disqualification takes a position on division line half way between center circle and sideline nearer table to administer substitution.

THROW-IN CLARIFICATION – TWO

On a quick violation or out-of-bounds in a team’s backcourt – direction of play is reversed throw-in team is now in their frontcourt

Ball is in-bounded by official responsible for that boundary line as in any frontcourt throw-in.

Causes a switch when ball will be in-bounded above free-throw line extended on old Trail’s sideline.

FOUL SWITCHING – THREE

Last year’s change: Foul-calling official goes table side. No long switch on fouls in backcourt

going to frontcourt without free throws. Officials have option of going opposite

to avoid confrontational situations (technical on coach or disqualifying foul): should be rarely used thoroughly discussed in pregame


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2005-06 NFHS BASKETBALL RULES CHANGES MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES POINTS OF EMPHASIS MAJOR MANUAL CHANGES