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Nothing But Net is a non-profit
organization offering youth basketball leagues in
the Huntersville area during the spring and fall
seasons each year.
Nothing But Net is cosponsored
by the Huntersville Parks and Recreation Department,
which will give us priority access to local gym
space for conducting practices and games.
Our goal in Nothing But Net is
to provide an opportunity for the kids that don’t
typically participate in any other youth sports in
the spring or fall to have the opportunity to play
basketball prior to or continue playing following
the conclusion of the HYAA Winter season.
Additionally, it is our intent to teach the players
in our league the basic fundamentals of basketball,
teamwork and good sportsmanship, which we believe
will help in their ongoing childhood development.
PARTICIPANTS NBN
participants will include players between the ages
of 6-18. All leagues will be “co-ed” unless
otherwise stated prior to the beginning of each
league season.
TEAMS NBN teams
will be formed by a “draft” in order to keep teams
as even as possible. No group or coach may form
his/her own team to compete in the league(s).
ANNUAL SCHEDULE
NBN will provide an annual Fall league beginning
the first week of September of each year, and a
Spring league beginning the Last week of March each
year. A “skills” day will be held approximately two
weeks prior to start of each season.
PLAYER/PARTICIPANT
LEAGUE EXPECTATIONS
NBN expects every player in our league to conduct
themselves in a mature manner at all times while in
an NBN gym or on the properties which that gym
resides. This includes the basketball court, scorers
table, bench, bleachers, outside grounds and parking
lot.
This applies to
both practice sessions and games.
The following
actions will not be allowed or tolerated by any NBN
player or participant - constant harassment of a
referee, league officials, coaches or players, foul
language, unnecessary hard fouls or removal of
uniform during a game.
Such actions
will result in a player or team receiving a
TECHNICAL FOUL and will constitute a two shot
penalty.
Any player
receiving (2) technical fouls in a single game will
be ejected from the remainder of that game and will
be asked to leave the gym immediately.
Additionally,
that player will receive a (1) game suspension from
his or her next scheduled game.
Any player
assaulting a player, referee, coach or league
official will be suspended for the remainder of the
season and banned from any future NBN events.
Any player
ejected from (2) games during a single season will
be suspended for the remainder of that season and
can be permanently banned from NBN.
PLAYING TIME
All players in each age division must play in at
least two full quarters of each game and must appear
in both halves of that game. No player may play more
than (3) three quarters of a game. Accounting for
playing time is done by each coach and done on an
honor basis.
A major, NBN League emphasis is
playing time for all players.
If a player shows up after the end of
the first half, a coach is only required to play
that player one full quarter of the remaining game
time.
COACHING All
coaches are volunteers, and must emphasize good
sportsmanship at all times. Any coach who
consistently harasses referees or shows
inappropriate behavior towards the players/referees
will be removed from the league. There will be no
appeal process. Each coach is required to sign a NBN
coach’s code of conduct form prior to the start of
the season.
During a game, each team is
allowed only (1) coach and (1) assistant coach on
the sidelines.
During a game, only one coach
is allowed to stand in the coach’s box and the other
coach must remain seated on the bench with the
players.
FORFEITS Teams
not showing up within ten minutes of their game
time, or within 10 minutes of the end of the game
prior to theirs, whichever is later, will forfeit
their game.
A team may NOT start a
game with less than FOUR players. However, if
a team starts a game with four players and no other
players show up and one of those players foul out, a
team cannot finish the game with only three players.
TIME OUTS Each
team receives four timeouts per game, plus one for
each overtime period. Timeouts may be used at any
time during the game.
PRESSING For
the 6-8 Yr. old division, full court pressing is
only allowed in the last 60 seconds of the game. If
a team is ahead by 6 or more points in the last 60
seconds of the game, that team may not press.
All other times NO defense
is allowed outside the 3 Point line.
9-10 Yr Old divisions,
backcourt pressing will only be allowed in the last
two minutes of the game. All other times, a team
cannot press beyond the half court line.
If a team is ahead by 10 or
more points in the last two minutes, that team may
not press.
For the
11-12 Yr Old division, pressing is allowed at
any time during the game. If at any time
during the game a team is ahead by 10 or more
points, that team may not press beyond the half
court line. If that lead is cut to under 10 points,
the opposing team may press again.
For the
13-14 and 15-18 Yr Old divisions, pressing is
allowed at any time during the game. If at
any time during the game a team is ahead by 20 or
more points, that team may not press beyond the half
court line. If that lead is cut to under 20 points,
the opposing team may press again.
PRESSING PENALTIES
The offending team will be given an initial warning
of the violation. After the first warning, the
opposing team will shoot two technical free
throws and will do so for each violation occurrence
for the remainder of the game.
GAME BALL
A game ball will be provided by the NBN league and
will be brought to the gym each week prior to the
start of the first game.
The 6–8 Yr Old divisions will
use a 27.5 youth size basketball.
The 9–10 & 11-12 Yr Old divisions will use a 28.5
women’s size basketball.
The 13-14 & 15-18 Yr Old
divisions will use a 29.5 regulation size
basketball.
GAME CLOCK
For each game, the home team is responsible for
providing an official clock keeper. Parent
volunteers are typically willing to help with this.
The game clock will stop for
time outs, quarter end and dead balls called by the
referee.
The clock keeper should be
identified and standing at the scorers table prior
to the completion of the game in progress. As soon
as that game concludes, the clock keeper should
request training from the previous clock keeper if
necessary.
NBN requires that the clock keeper volunteer be at
least 18 years of age.
Continuous Running Clock
Rules
6-8, 9-10 & 11-12 Yr Old age
groups - If at anytime during the 4th
quarter a team is leading by 20 or more points, the
game clock will run continuously
throughout the remainder of the game.
13-14 & 15-18 Yr Old age groups
- If at anytime during the 4th quarter a
team is leading by 20 or more points, the game clock
will run continuously. If that 20
point lead is cut to 10 points, the clock will
return back normal operation stopping on all dead
balls.
SCOREBOOK For
each game, the home team and visiting team are
responsible for providing a scorebook keeper.
The home team scorebook is the
official game book and any protests will be decided
based on it.
The scorebook keeper should be
identified and standing at the scorers table prior
to the completion of the game in progress.
As soon as the game concludes,
both scorebook keepers should immediately begin
entering both teams roster information into the
scorebook.
Coaches are asked to have a
pre-typed roster with jersey numbers ready to
provide to the opposing team as soon as the game in
progress completes.
NBN requires that the scorebook keeper volunteer be
at least 18 years of age.
TOURNAMENT PLAY
NBN will conduct a single elimination post season
tournament for each age division on the following
the completion of the regular season league
schedule. Seedings will be determined by the order
of finish in the regular season.
Only the 1st and 2nd
place post-season tournament champions of each age
division will receive trophies or medals.
TROPHIES NBN
will be providing a 7” participation trophy for all
kids ages 7-12 yrs old at the end of each season.
JEWELRY RULE No
jewelry is to be worn by any player at any time
while on the basketball court. This includes rings,
earrings, bracelets, watches or necklaces.
This applies to practices as
well as games.(This is a safety issue)
OVERTIME If
score is tied at the end of regulation, a maximum of
(2) two minute overtimes will be held. If score is
still tied at the end of second overtime, a jump
ball will be held and the first team that scores
will be declared the winner.
Rules - North
Carolina High School Basketball Association rules
are in effect for all leagues.
This will include the Free
Throw lane rule. No one is allowed in the lane until
ball touches rim.
When shooting free throws, the
shooting team may only have two players on the
block.
The other team may only have
four players on the block.
DIVISIONS
- For the 2007 SPRING season, NBN hopes to have (5)
five different age groups/divisions
6 - 8 Yr old division will
represent the (Conference USA)
9 - 10 Yr old division will
represent the (Big East Conference)
11 – 12 Yr old division will
represent the (South Eastern Conference - SEC)
13 – 14 Yr old division will
represent the (Atlantic Coast Conference - ACC)
15 – 18 Yr old division will
represent the (National Basketball Association -
NBA)
Conference USA –
(6 - 8 Yr Old) Teams will play on
10’regulation baskets. Teams will use 27.5 Youth
size basketballs. Fouls shots will be taken from the
13-foot line marked by tape in the gym. Games will
consist of four, 8-minute quarters. A five-second
lane violation will apply, using the 13-foot line
and the regular lane boundaries.
Above noted pressing and
overtime rules apply.
There is no three-point shot
and NO pressing outside the 3 point line except in
the last 60 Seconds of regulation play in this
division.
Big East – (9 - 10
Yr Old) Teams will play on 10’regulation
baskets. Teams will use 28.5 women’s size
basketballs. Fouls shots will be taken from the
13-foot line marked by tape in the gym. Games will
consist of four, 8-minute quarters. A five-second
lane violation will apply, using the 13-foot line
and the regular lane boundaries.
Above noted pressing and
overtime rules apply.
There is no three-point shot
and NO backcourt pressing until the ball crosses the
half court line except in the last two minutes of
regulation play in this division.
SEC– (11 & 12 Yr
Old) Teams will play on 10’regulation baskets.
Teams will use 28.5 women’s size basketballs. Fouls
shots will be taken from the 15-foot free throw
line. Games will consist of four, 8 minute quarters.
A three-second lane violation will apply.
Above noted pressing and
overtime rules apply.
Three-point shot is in
effect in this division.
ACC– (13 & 14 Yr
Old) Teams will play on 10’regulation baskets.
Teams will use regulation size basketballs. Fouls
shots will be taken from the 15-foot free throw
line. Games will consist of four, 8 minute quarters.
A three-second lane violation will apply.
Backcourt pressing is allowed
at any time. Above noted overtime rules apply.
Three-point shot is in
effect for this division.
NBA– (15 & 18 Yr
Old) Teams will play on 10’regulation baskets.
Teams will use regulation size basketballs. Fouls
shots will be taken from the 15-foot free throw
line. Games will consist of four, 8 minute quarters.
A three-second lane violation will apply.
Backcourt pressing is allowed
at any time. Above noted overtime rules apply.
Three-point shot is in
effect for this division.
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