Notable
Rules for 2014-2015 Stake Basketball Season
Pre-season:
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All
players are allowed to play on one team.
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Before
season begins, each Young Man who has an age 14 or 16 birthday between November
22nd , 2014 and March 1st of 2015 must choose one
team to play
with all season long.
o
To
reiterate, no Young Man can play for more than one team.
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Rosters
for Young Men must have a birthday, player and parents signatures. All of these
requirements must be completed on the roster, in order for a Young Man to
participate.
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Players
must reside within Stake boundaries. Any players living outside of Stake
boundaries, wishing to participate on teams- must fill out a waiver form. This
can be obtained from Ben Johnson. benjiface@gmail.com,
(801) 231-7008. The waiver will then be presented before a member of the Stake
Presidency, for a ruling on whether the player can play or not.
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Any
Young Men playing on any High School Team are ineligible to play for their ward
team, in accordance with church policy. This applies to all high school teams:
Freshmen, Sophomore, JV, Varsity.
Pre-game:
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Players
should arrive 10 minutes before the game time.
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Coaches/players
will fill out lineup sheets, which will be checked against Team Rosters. Both
teams fill in the lineup sheet with name of player and jersey number. Stake
Sports Council member will transfer the data from the lineup sheets to fill out
the scorebook.
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Team
captain must be appointed prior to each game and these captains will be
designated on the lineup sheets. The referees will be notified of the identity
of the team captains.
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The
team captain is the only member of the team allowed to speak to the referees
during the game.
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Scorekeepers
should be obtained from the spectators/crowd for YM’s games. For Men’s games, the Sports Council
will run the clock and keep the score.
Stake
Rules to be aware of:
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6:00
minute clock, stops on all whistles, no running clock.
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Halftime:
3:00 minutes.
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Timeouts:
each team gets 3- Full (1 Minute) and 2- 30 second timeouts. When called, the
team/coach must indicate to the referees and scorekeepers whether the timeout
is a full or 30-sec TO. If not indicated,
the scorekeeper will decide!
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Forfeits
will be declared five minutes after listed starting time. Teams can start games
with four players, but must have a fifth player by the end of the 2nd
quarter- or the game becomes a forfeit.
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Young
Men games: all young men must play at least 25% of the game or six minutes.
This will be tracked in the scorebook.
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Young
Men: substitutes will come to scorer’s table with jersey number of player they
are going in for. This includes subs at the beginning of quarters, halves or
after timeouts.
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Technical
fouls count as team and individual fouls.
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Offensive
and loose ball fouls also count as team and individual fouls.
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Any
vocalized chatter whether directed at an official or indirectly commented,
incurs a technical foul and mandatory 3:00 minutes on the bench. Any arguing
between players of opposite teams incurs the same penalty (technical foul).
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Stake
Sports Committee Member has final say to back up officials, issue penalties and
call off games if needed.
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No
unsportsmanlike behavior will be tolerated. This is a friendly competition!
Overtime
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Overtime
periods will be 2:00 minutes in length. Each team is granted an additional full
timeout. Timeouts do carry over from half to half and to overtime.
High
School Basketball Rule Changes in 2014-15:
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Basketball
rules follow High School Rules. Rulebook can be found in Orange Stake
Basketball folder.
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Major
rule change in 2014-15: Players may leave the foul lane spots on the
release of the ball from the free throw shooter.
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All
players behind the free throw line/ 3-point line, including the shooter, may
not enter the lane until the ball has hit the rim or backboard.
Post-game:
