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Iona Sports / District 93
Youth Basketball League Rules and Regulations
4th Grade Boys & Girls
Updated 13 Jan 2024
Sportsmanship:
The purpose of the Iona basketball league is to provide the opportunity for kids to build self-confidence, develop skills, participate in healthy competition and have fun in a safe environment. In order to help kids we must put sportsmanship at the forefront of all we do. It has come to my attention that coaches, assistant coaches and parents have put victory over all else. Everything you do is setting an example for the youth, good or bad. Knute Rockne said, “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.” Let’s keep the high standard of sportsmanship at every Iona basketball game you coach, attend, officiate and play. Please contact me if you have any issues and we can discuss your options.
General Information/Game Layout:
Rim heights:
- Kindergarten = 6-7 ft.
- 1st grade = 7 ft.
- 2nd grade = 8 ft.
- 3rd grade = 9 ft.
- Rim heights are approximate depending upon the gym.
Basketball size:
- Junior size (27.5) ball.
League Rules Adaptations:
- Four (4) players needed to start the game.
- Please have your team there on time. There will be a ten minute grace period and then a forfeit will occur.
- The team listed second on the schedule will wear the white side (home) of the jersey while the team listed first will wear the black side (visitor) of the jersey.
- Four (4) eight (8) minute quarters with a three (3) minute halftime.
- Two (2) one minute timeouts per half.
- No score kept in this league.
- A jump ball will begin all games.
- Substitutions will take place at mid-quarter and at the end of the quarter. The mid-quarter substitution stopage is for players to change, it’s not a timeout to teach. Please have your players ready to sub and play. The clock will start as players look to see who they’re guarding.
Violations:
- No three (3) second key violations will be enforced.
- No back-court violation will be enforced.
- No ten second line is used. No extended time in the backcourt without a violation being called.
- Full court press is not allowed. Please instruct your players to wait until half court to defend.
- Shot blocking is not allowed. If the defender's hands are straight up, it may result in a blocked shot. The teams first blocked shot will come with a warning. Excessively blocking shots will result in violating player sitting out 8 minutes. Ball will be inbounded at half court on any blocked shot. Referee discretion will decide the outcome of play.
- There will be no stealing, unless it is on a pass or the player clearly loses control of the ball. Please do not instruct your players to continue attempting to steal from a player who is learning to dribble once the referee has warned them. After being warned twice to not steal on a dribble, a player will sit for four minutes.
- Man to man defense. No zone defense.
- No purposeful double-teaming. Understand that some double-teaming may inadvertently happen at times when a ball-handler moves through the defense or a teammate crowds the ball handler and draws their defender to the ball handler. Referee discretion will determine a purposeful double-team.
- “Switching” or “Help Defense” is allowed.
- Help defense is allowed on fast breaks or when a legal screen is executed by the offense and frees the ball handler from the defender with a matching wrist band. The help defender must immediately return to the matching wrist band once their teammate has recovered.
- Players do not switch wristbands among teammates after teams have lined up and have identified the player they will defend.
Fouls/Free throws:
- No fouls will be recorded.
- No free throws.
Rules may change at Director’s discretion. Please be compliant.
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