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Basketball
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U6
(ages 4-5)
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U8
(ages 6-7)
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U10
(ages 8-9)
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U12
(ages 10-11)
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U14
(ages 12-13)
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Ball size
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27.5 or 28.5
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27.5" or 28.5"
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28.5"
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28.5"
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28.5"
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Rim Height
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8ft
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8ft
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9ft
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10ft
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10ft
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Court Size
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Small Court
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Small Court
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Small Court
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Full Court
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Full Court
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Game length
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10 min halves
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12 min halves
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14 min halves
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14 min halves
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14 min halves
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Half time
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1 minute
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1 minute
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1 minute
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1 minute
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1 minute
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Officiating
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By coach
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Referee
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Referee
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Referee
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Referee
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Blocking shots
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Stealing off dribble
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Stealing off pass
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Man to man defense
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Zone defense
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Timeouts
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2/game
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2/game
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2/game
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2/game
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2/game
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Playoffs
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Score kept
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Full court defense
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No
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No
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Last two minutes
of half
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Last two minutes
of half
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Last two minutes
of half
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Overtime
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No
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No
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In playoffs
2 Minutes
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In playoffs
2 Minutes
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In playoffs
2 Minutes
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| Team Fouls |
N/A |
N/A |
6/half |
6/half |
6/half |
| Scorekeeper |
Visiting team |
Visiting team |
Visiting team |
Visiting team |
Visiting team |
| Foul Tracker |
Home team |
Home team |
Home team |
Home team |
Home team |
* Added for emphasis
* Rule change
U6 DIVISION (ages 4-5)
General Rules:
- Games will be officiated and run by the both coaches.
- Halftime is one minute long
- Coaches are allowed on the court
- Games will be played full court with two 10-minute halves.
- Each team will place 5 players on the court.
- Game begins with a jump ball.
- Rim height is 8ft
- The official ball size 27.5″ but a 28.5” ball may be used in games if both coaches agree prior to tipoff
- Teams bring their own game ball and warm-up balls
- Teams warm up on the outside courts and must come prepared to start on time
- No tournament for this division
Clock and Timeouts:
- A running clock is used
- Clock starts at scheduled start time and not at tipoff
- Substitutions must be made during dead balls and take no longer than 30 seconds
- Two timeouts per game
- Timeouts during regular time are to be no longer than one minute and clock continues to run
- Timeouts called during the last two minutes of the game are 30 seconds long and clock is stopped
- Each team may only use one timeout during the last two minutes of the game.
Defense:
Illegal defenses:
- No full or half-court presses. After a team scores, they must immediately run down and set up for defense.
- Only one player may defend the ball carrier. Swarming the ball carrier is not permitted.
- No stealing or swiping at the ball. Ball carriers must be allowed to dribble the ball.
- Defensive players may not swat the ball during a shot.
- Deliberate physical contact to gain possession is prohibted - no elbowing, shoving or 'body checking' other players
- No bear-hug defenses
- No zone defense
Accepted defenses:
- Defenders may steal a pass after it has left the passers hands
- Defend with the body and with arms extended straight up or out
- Body shadowing a ball carrier is accepted to prevent the ball carrier from dribbling toward the basket.
U8 DIVISION (ages 6-7)
General Rules:
- Games will be played full court with two 12-minute halves.
- Halftime is one minute
- Coaches are not allowed on the court
- Each team will place 5 players on the court.
- Game begins with a jump ball.
- Rim height is 8 ft
- The official ball size 27.5″ but a 28.5” ball may be used if that’s what both teams agree on prior to to tipoff.
- Teams bring their own game ball and warm-up balls
- Teams warm up on the outside courts and must come prepared to start on time
- Double dribbling & traveling are not allowed.
- Shots behind the 3pt line are counted as 3 points
- No tournament for this division
Clock and timeouts:
- A running clock is used
- Clock starts at scheduled start time and not at tipoff
- Substitutions must be made during dead balls and take no longer than 30 seconds
- Two timeouts per game
- Timeouts during regular time are to be no longer than one minute and clock continues to run
- Timeouts called during the last two minutes of the game are 30 seconds long and clock is stopped
- There is no overtime for tied games.
Defense:
Illegal defenses:
- No full or half-court presses. After a team scores, they must immediately run down and set up for defense.
- Only one player may defend the ball carrier. Swarming the ball carrier is not permitted.
- No zone defense. Must be man-to-man
- No stealing or swiping at the ball. Ball carriers must be allowed to dribble the ball.
- Defensive players may not swat the ball during a shot.
- Deliberate physical contact to gain possession is prohibted - no elbowing, shoving or 'body checking' other players
Accepted defenses:
- Man-to-man defense
- Defenders may steal a pass after it has left the passers hands
- Defend with the body and with arms extended straight up or out
- Body shadowing a ball carrier is accepted to prevent the ball carrier from dribbling toward the basket.
U10 Division (ages 8-9)
General Rules:
- Games will be played full court with two 14 minute halves.
- Each team will place 5 players on the court
- Coaches are not allowed on the court and must coach from their own sideline
- Game begins with a jump ball
- Rim height is 9ft
- The official ball size 28.5″ but an adult-size ball may be used if both teams agree prior to tipoff
- Teams bring their own game ball and warm-up balls
- Teams warm up on the outside courts and must come prepared to start on time
- Shots behind the 3pt line are counted as 3 points
- Tournaments are typically played during the last two weeks of the season and vary depending on the number of teams in the division.
- In the event of a tie during tournament and championship games, there will be a 2 minute overtime.
- During regular season games, there is no overtime for ties.
- Home team will provide a parent to track fouls
- Visiting team will provide a parent to keep score
Clock and Timeouts:
- A running clock is used
- Clock starts at scheduled start time and not at tipoff
- Substitutions must be made during dead balls and take no longer than 30 seconds
- 2 timeouts per game
- Timeouts during regular time are to be no longer than one minute and clock continues to run
- Timeouts called during the last two minutes of the game are 30 seconds long and clock is stopped
- Each team may only use one timeout during the last two minutes of the game.
Defense:
Illegal defenses:
- After a team scores, they must immediately run down and set up for defense. No full or half-court presses except for last two minutes of the half.
- Only one player may defend the ball carrier. Swarming the ball carrier is not permitted
- No stealing or swiping at the ball from a dribbler. Ball carriers must be allowed to dribble the ball
- Deliberate physical contact to gain possession is prohibited - no elbowing, shoving or 'body checking' other players
Accepted defenses:
- Man-to-man and zone defenses (2-3 and 3-2 only) are allowed
- Defenders may block shots
- Defenders may steal a pass after it has left the passers hands
- Defending with the body and with arms extended straight up or out
- Body shadowing a ball carrier is accepted to prevent the ball carrier from dribbling toward the basket.
Fouls
- A 1-for-2 foul shot will be implemented for fouls on shots (one foul shot worth 2 pts)
- An And 1 will be awarded if a foul is committed on a shot and the shot is made. The foul shot will be one shot for one point.
- 6 team fouls per half will result in bonus for the other team
U12 (ages 10-11) & U14 (AGES 12-13)
General rules:
- Games will be played full court with two 14 minute halves.
- Each team will place 5 players on the court
- Coaches are not allowed on the court and must coach from their own sideline
- Game begins with a jump ball
- Rim height is 10ft
- The official ball size 28.5″ but an adult-size ball may be used if both teams agree prior to tipoff
- Teams bring their own game ball and warm-up balls
- Teams warm up on the outside courts and must come prepared to start on time
- A 1-for-2 foul shot will be implemented for fouls on shots (one foul shot worth 2 pts)
- Referees may call an And 1 if a foul is committed on a shot and the shot is made. The foul shot will be one shot for one point.
- Shots behind the 3pt line are counted as 3 points
- Referees may call 3 seconds in the key when applicable
- Ball handler has 10 seconds from inbound to cross the half court line
- Tournaments are typically played during the last two weeks of the season and vary depending on the number of teams in the division.
- In the event of a tie during tournament and championship games, there will be a 2 minute overtime.
- During regular season games, there is no overtime for ties.
- Home team will provide a parent to track fouls
- Visiting team will provide a parent to keep score
Clock and Timeouts:
- A running clock is used
- Clock starts at scheduled start time and not at tipoff
- Substitutions must be made during dead balls and take no longer than 30 seconds
- 2 timeouts per game
- Timeouts during regular time are to be no longer than one minute and clock continues to run
- Timeouts called during the last two minutes of the game are 30 seconds long and clock is stopped
- Each team may only use one timeout during the last two minutes of the game.
Defense:
- Defense can be played man-to-man or zone (all zones accepted)
- Defenders may steal the ball at any time
- Defenders may block all shots
- Deliberate physical contact to gain possession is prohibted - no elbowing, shoving or 'body checking' other players
- A team must run and set up on defense after:
- Scoring a basket
- Missing a basket and losing the rebound
- Full-court defense, including swarm/trap presses, are only allowed in the last 2 minutes of each half. Half-court swarm/trap presses are allowed throughout the game.
Fouls
- A 1-for-2 foul shot will be implemented for fouls on shots (one foul shot worth 2 pts)
- Referees may call an And 1 if a foul is committed on a shot and the shot is made. The foul shot will be one shot for one point.
- 6 team fouls per half will result in bonus for the other team
