Chaska Youth Basketball
4th - 8th Grade In-House Rules

Equipment
 1) Boys and Girls teams will play on 10 foot baskets


 2) Girls 4th- 8th grade and boys 4th- 6th grade will use 28.5” basketballs, boys 7th & 8th will use 29.5” basketballs


 3) No jewelry/watches allowed on the players

Timekeeping/Scorekeeping
4) Games must start within 10 minutes of the scheduled time for each game


5) Games will consist of 8 five-minute running time periods with 1 minute between periods and 3 minutes for half-time


6) Stop time during the last 2 minutes of the 4th and 8th periods, no stop time if the lead is 25 points or greater


7) Overtime - play 2 minutes stop time for 1 overtime period. If still tied, play sudden death and first point wins the game


8) Home team (1st team in pairing) will provide  parents to run the clock/scoreboard and keep the official score book


9) The winning team must communicate the scores each weekend in the website

Structure
10) All games will be played 5 on 5


11) Jump ball to start games. Alternate possessions at quarters and tie-ups


12) Substituting can be done only at the beginning of a period


13) The 3 point shot will be in effect

Violations
14) Teams have 10 seconds to bring the ball up court past the half court line


15) Over and back violations will be enforced


16) Traveling will be enforced


17) 3 second in the lane will be enforced


18) Palming & carrying the basketball will be enforced


19) Double dribble will be enforced

      20) Using any part of the body to displace or impede is a foul, this includes:

a.      Hand checking a moving player

b.     Moving Screens

c.     Charging

d.     Blocking

e.     “Backing down” by offensive post player – if the defensive player is displaced it is a foul

Defense and Pressing
21) Mandatory man to man (person to person) defense only


22) Double teaming is only allowed inside the lane.


23) Note, for 4th grade girls, no pressing will be allowed at any time. Defense are to pickup their players at the three point line.


24) For 5th & 6th grade girls and 4th – 6th grade boys, pressing is allowed only if a team is behind


25) For 7th and 8th grade girls and boys teams may full court press at any time, unless they are ahead by 10 points or more

NOTE - One warning will be given for any defense violation followed by a technical foul for each subsequent violation. Unintentional violation will result in the stoppage of play and return the ball to the offended team.

Timeouts
26) Each team is allowed 4 - one minute time outs


27) Teams get 1 - one minute time out during the overtime period and the sudden death period, time outs do not carry over from regulation


28) A coach may call time out only if their team has possession of the ball


29) If a team unintentionally calls a timeout when they have none left, the other team will get to shoot one free throw and then get possession of the ball. A second occurrence will be treated as a regular technical

Fouls
30) Each player is allowed 5 fouls. The player is out for the rest of the game on the 5th foul


31) All shooting fouls will be attempted from the free-throw line


32) Intentional fouls will result in one shot plus the ball


33) A technical foul will be an automatic 3 points and possession of the ball. A second technical foul on an individual during the game will result in a forfeit of the game and a 1 game suspension for the individual, coach or parent


34) For 7th/8th grade girls and boys bonus free throws (1-on-1) are awarded on the seventh team foul. Double bonus free throws (automatic 2 shots) are awarded on the tenth team foul. The team foul count will start over again at the beginning of the new half or overtime period.

Sportsmanship
35) Equal playing time for all kids. Each player should play at least 2 quarters in all games including tournaments. Play to win, but the kids play equal time. If 11 players, then 7 play 4 periods and 4 play 3 periods, 10 players - 10 play 4 periods, 9 players - 4 play 5 periods and 5 play 4 periods, 8 players - 8 play 5 periods, 7 players - 5 play 6 periods and 2 play 5 periods, 6 players - 4 play 7 periods and 2 play 6 periods, 5 players - 5 play 8 periods


36) Scoring when a team has a 25 point lead will be discouraged.

a.     On defense, a team with a 25 point lead should continue to aggressively develop footwork and rebounding fundamentals but may not steal passes or steal off the dribble. If the ball is stolen by a team with a 25 point lead it will be returned to the offensive team.

b.     On offense, a team with a 25 point lead should continue to develop passing skills and moving without the basketball. Teams with a 25 point lead may not fast break. If a team with a 25 point lead does fast break the ball will be returned to the other team.

        37) HAVE FUN!