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Rules Quizzes
(Answers are located at the bottom of the page)
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NFHS Edition
1. A player who is screened within their visual field is expected to avoid contact with the screener by stopping or going around the screener. True or False?
2. A jump ball ends:
a. When the ball contacts a non-jumper.
b. When the ball contacts an official.
c. When the ball touches the floor.
d. When the ball touches the basket.
e. When the ball touches the back board.
f. All of the Above.
3. A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats or rolls the ball to another player. True or False?
4. Bench Personnel are the following:
a. Substitutes.
b. The Head Coach.
c. Assistant Coaches.
d. Managers
e. Statisticians.
f. All of the Above.
5. A1 is dribbling the ball on the perimeter. B3 and A3 commit a double personal foul in the low post. The ball is taken out of bounds at the:
a. Spot of the foul.
b. Point of Interruption where A1 was dribbling the ball.
Men's Collegiate Edition
1. The Player Control Foul Signal and the Team Control Foul signal are :
a. Stop the clock with a closed fist and hand behind the head.
b. Stop the clock with a closed fist and a “punch” signal.
2.A1 is dribbling his ball in the backcourt with 24 seconds on the shot clock. B1 deflects the ball out of A1’s hand and the ball goes directly out of bounds in the Front Court. On the ensuing inbound play, the ball is thrown into the back court. Team A has 4 seconds remaining on the 10 second backcourt count. T-F
3. A1 is dribbling his ball in the backcourt with 24 seconds on the shot clock. B1 deflects the ball out of A1’s hand and the ball bounces in the front court before going out of bounds on the sideline in the Front Court. On the ensuing inbound play, the ball is thrown into the back court. Team A has a new 10 seconds to get the ball into the front court. T-F
4. Unorthodox signals are not acceptable at any time. T-F.
5. The width of the black rubber rib on the ball shall not exceed 1/4 inch. T-F
Women's Collegiate Edition
1. A player who is screened within their visual field is expected to avoid contact with the screener by stopping or going around the screener. T-F
2. A jump ball ends:
a. When the ball contacts a non-jumper.
b. When the ball contacts an official.
c. When the ball touches the floor.
d. When the ball touches the basket.
e. When the ball touches the back board.
f. All of the Above.
3. A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats or rolls the ball to another player. T-F
4. Bench Personnel are the following:
a. Substitutes.
b. The Head Coach.
c. Assistant Coaches.
d. Managers
e. Statisticians.
f. All of the Above.
5. A1 is dribbling the ball on the perimeter. B3 and A3 commit a double personal foul in the low post. The ball is taken out of bounds at the:
a. Spot of the foul.
b. Point of Interruption where A1 was dribbling the ball.
c. Point of Interruption, at one of the four spots in the front court
International Edition
1. If the ball is live when an injury occurs, the official shall not blow their whistle until:
a. The team in control of the ball has shot for a field goal.
b. Lost control of the ball.
c. Withheld the ball from play.
d. The ball becomes dead.
e. All of the Above.
2. The following may enter the playing court only with the permission of a referee , to attend to an injured player before they are substituted:
a. Head Coach
b. Assistant Coaches.
c. Team Members.
d. Delegation Members.
e. All of the Above.
3. At the beginning of the second half, Team A can only present 4 players on the playing court due to injuries, exclusions and disqualification. The last player excluded is permitted to start the second half. T-F
4. A technical foul is charged on Team A during the interval before the game. Any player for Team B may shoot the technical foul. T-F
5. B4 commits an unsportsmanlike foul against A4 during the interval before the game. Any player on Team A can shoot the unsportsmanlike foul. T-F
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High School Basketball will
Look Different this Year
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By Rene Cloukey
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - High School basketball practices have started and hopefully games will begin next week. The games will look very different this year with everyone in the gym wearing masks, no spectators and basketball officials looking to stay socially distanced and a big change to start the game.
Harry Orser:” There will be no jump ball we will start the game with a coin toss at the pregame conference. Whoever wins the toss gets first possession. On free throws the officials will stay probably way back to the end of the lane and bounce the ball to the shooter. Anytime we make a throw in we are going to be at least six feet away. Click here to view
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Colorado's Mask requirement complicates High School
Basketball Season for some Referees
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Jeff Letofsky, The Pueblo Chieftain
Colorado high school basketball officials will be required to wear masks when the state's winter season begins later this month.
That goes for all boys and girls games at the varsity, junior varsity and freshmen levels.
The requirement is causing plenty of trepidation for officials and even led to some officials opting out for the 2021 season, while others are opting out because of COVID-19 concerns for their families.
Colorado's high school basketball season is scheduled to begin the week of Jan. 25 and conclude with the state championship games March 20-21. The 14-game season will include a shortened postseason as only 24 teams will qualify for the playoffs in Class 1A-3A and 32 in classes 4A and 5A.
Not only will officials be required to wear masks or face coverings during games, so will players.
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Prep sports: Refs, umps also affected
by winter sports delay
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By Ryan Pritt, Gazette-Mail Preps
In response to questions about the now-viral video of a New Year’s Eve party in a ballroom at The Greenbrier Resort, Gov. Jim Justice pointed to the employment of around 1,500 as a case for keeping the resort up and running as normally as possible.
The day before that video was shot, Justice — the owner of The Greenbrier — announced that the start of all winter high school sports in West Virginia would be pushed back from Jan. 11 to March 1 as sports in all five border states either prepared to start this week or continued on after starting earlier.
The perceived hypocrisy of the video and the ban on prep sports has drawn the ire of coaches, parents, administrators, and athletes among others.
Click here to read the remainder of the article.
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TSSAA cuts pay for referees during
2020-2021 basketball season
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by: Jordan Brown
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — High school basketball referees in Tennessee will be seeing pay cuts this season. The TSSAA worked with basketball supervisors to make the change after Governor Lee signed an executive order limiting crowd capacity at sporting events.
Because of the smaller crowds at games, schools are finding themselves with less money to pay referees. The original idea was to scale back and have just two refs instead of three, but TSSAA executive director Bernard Childress tells us it was actually the idea of basketball supervisors to keep all the refs and cut their pay instead. Click here to continue.
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Parents, Coaches pushing Game Officials off the Field
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By Chris Schoonover For the Savannah Morning News
Ideally, game officials would worry about what is happening on the field: holding penalties, offside calls and determining whether a basketball play was a block or charge.
However, that is not the referees' reality. They are being called out by coaches on the sidelines, and fans are relentless while judging calls from over 100 feet away.
The average age of an official in Georgia is 57 years old, and the average goes up every year with younger people leaving the profession. Click here to continue.
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Calling All Good IAABO Citizens
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So many of us impact our communities and our world for the better. IAABO would like to highlight many of the good deeds our officials have done throughout the year. We want to emphasize our belief in being good corporate and community citizens in the areas where we live and work. So, whether it be a random act of kindness or an organized volunteer effort, no good deed is too big or too small! Trust us, we’ll be humble so that our officials can be proud. Send your email to IAABO @ info@iaabo.org and tell us about a good deed you did this year.
Some examples include:
- Rescued a puppy
- Bought lunch for a stranger
- Organized a fundraiser
- Volunteered at a homeless shelter
- Donated blood
- Shoveled a neighbor’s driveway
- Helped a friend in need
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IAABO University
"An online basketball officiating certification class"
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If your board is participating and has prospective officials that would like to enroll in the course, please have them contact the IAABO Office @ info@iaabo.org
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Apply to be a High School Official!
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Make a difference in your community and become a high school official. #BecomeAnOfficial. Click here to read more.
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The NFHS is currently offering free officiating courses on their website @ NFHSLearn.com.
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To make a donation, please contact your local board chairperson or send your donation to Officials vs. Cancer, P.O. Box 355, Carlisle, PA 17013. Click here to make an online donation.
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Officially Human; Behind the Stripes LLC (OH) was founded by Brenda Hilton as a grassroots effort to "humanize" sport officials in all sports at all levels. Brenda has spent close to 20 years working with sport officials and coordinators at the DI level and grown to appreciate them for all they do for our youth and young adults. OH is currently working with 12 high school associations (with more on the horizon) across the country to survey officials at that level, gathering information to take back constituents and participating states in hopes of building a nationwide campaign. To date, 16,000+ officials have shared thoughts and ideas on how to address the issue.
OH currently has sportsmanship banners available for purchase to be displayed at venues; they can be customized with the venue logo.
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Briggs and Riley Luggage
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NFHS
1. True-4-40-7.
2. f- 4-28.
3. True-4-31.
4. f- 4-34.
5. b-4-36-2-a.
Men's Collegiate
1. a. CCA Manual- 1.2.
2. True-9-12-3-a.
3. True-9-12-3-a.
4. True-CCA Manual-3.4.
5. True- 1-16–5
Women's Collegiate
1. True- 10-5-6, 10-6-4-a.
2. f- 6-2-2.
3. True- 4-19.
4. f- 4-5
5. b-7-4-10.
International
1. e-Article-5.2 Note: If it is necessary to protect an injured player, the referees may stop the game immediately
2. e-Article-5.3.
3. False- Interpretation-9-2.
4. False- Interpretation-9-7.
5. False- Interpretation- 9-8.
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