2010-2011 Basketball Rules Interpretation

2010-2011Basketball Rules Interpretation Jerry Snodgrass, Assistant Commissioner

Important Materials 3-Man Mechanics Guide Handbook for Officials Officials Pre-Season Info NFHS Rules Book Pre-Season Basketball Manual NFHS Case Book 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 AffectingBasketball 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 10 per STAFF Jr. High & High School Separate 28 Days After Last Contest NO Limit on number from school 28 Days Prior to Labor Day Open Gyms/Conditioning Programs Eligibility/Transfers Free & Unstructured Play New to Your School? - Not a Freshman Basketball Equipment may NOT be used - 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 Number of Scrimmages: - 5 Total - Foundation Game Replaces 1 Beginning of Practice: - Girls: Friday, October 29 - Boys: Friday, November 5 Number of Games: - 20 Regular Season (9-12) - Sub-Varsity…includes tourn. - 16 Junior High (Increased!) First Preview Date: - Girls: November 19 - Boys: November 26 Number of Quarters Permitted/Player: - 90 (grades 9-12) - 64 (grades 7-8) First Regular Season Game: - Girls: November 26 - Boys: December 3 Length of Quarters: - 8:00 (Varsity) - 6:00/7:00 (Sub-Varsity) - 6:00 (grades 7-8) Tournament Draw Meetings: - Girls: Sunday, February 6 - Boys: Sunday, February 13 Approved Tournament Balls: Approved GAME Balls: • Rawlings Comp Ohio VB • Rawlings Comp Ohio 28.5 VB • ANY Ball that has NFHS Stamp • 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 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 Approved Game Balls: Any Ball with the NFHS Stamp Approved TOURNAMENT Game Balls: Length of Quarters: - 8:00 (Varsity) - 6:00/7:00 (Sub-Varsity) - 6:00 (grades 7-8) • 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 • 20 Players • 13 Coaches • - 8 Varsity Head Coaches • - 5 Junior High, Assistant Coaches, Freshmen Coaches GIRLS

OHSAA Rules Affecting Basketball Basketball Specific Sports Regulations EJECTIONS Out for 2 Contests Coaches must LEAVE the Gymnasium $100.00 Fine Players are restricted to bench and supervised by coach NFHS Course 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

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 toVOTE 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 BOARDSOrganize 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 RulesCommittee Henry Zaborniak, Chair • Comprised of 11 Voting Members, 1 non-voting member • Input received from Coaches • 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 3-Seconds • The ball is in flight for a try for goal • An opponent secures the ball • The ball becomes dead Closely Guarded • Player is in control in frontcourt • Guarded by opponent within 6 ft. • Defender must be in legal guarding position • The tapping of a rebound • A loose ball following a try • A throw-in Traveling • Spin move • Step-through move • Jump stop • Perimeter shooters taking extra ‘hop’ • Lifting the pivot foot before starting the dribble 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 Leadis approximately 4 feet from near lane line for ALL free throws. Centeris halfway between the near lane line and the sideline; just above the free-throw line extended. Trailis at approximately the 28-foot mark and just inside the tableside boundary line – NOT at the division line.

2010-2011NFHS 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 concussionbe 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) • 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. What does this mean to Coaches & Officials?

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) Player is then AND ONLY THEN permitted re-entry to game Injured Player is Directed to LEAVE the game by game official Player is cleared by APPROPRIATE Health Care Official IN WRITING 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 (2-8-5; 3-3-8) I Pity the Foooooool that puts a player back into the game WITHOUT a WRITTEN Authorization! 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) NOT LEGAL: Wristbands/Headbands are NOT White, Black, Beige or Single Solid School Color LEGAL: Wristbands/Headbands are SINGLE SOLID SCHOOL COLOR (ORANGE) 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.

2010-2011NFHS Basketball Major Editorial Changes

(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2) Substitutions During Intermission /Time-Outs 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.

(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2) Substitutions During Intermission /Time-Outs 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

(3-3-1a Note; 4-34-2) Substitutions During Intermission /Time-Outs Language reflects the spirit and intent of the rule

(3-4-2d) Uniforms 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 Corresponding area On the BACK of the Jersey At the Apex/Opening of the Neckline

(3-5-2) Guards, Casts and Braces 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.

(3-5-2) Guards, Casts and Braces 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

(4-4-7d) Ball at Player’s Disposal 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-incount

(7-6-6 New) Throw-in Awarded to Wrong Team 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.

2010-2011NFHS 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.

2010-2011 Basketball Rules Interpretation