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Please carefully review all league rules below BEFORE signing registration form!

Red Oak Basketball League

General League Rules

1. Coaches and parents will be good role models for our children at all times. Sportsmanship and Teamwork will be two of the most important skills taught in the Red Oak Basketball League.

2. All players must submit a registration form and an acknowledgement that all league rules have been reviewed and understood that has been signed by a parent or guardian before being allowed to practice or play.

3. To play in the Red Oak Basketball League, players must be at least in 1st grade (unless their parent is a coach, in which case they may be in kindergarten), and must be no older than 8th grade or 15 years of age on or before August 31.

4. There will be six groupings of players: Young Girls, Young Boys, Older Girls, Older Boys, Middle Girls, and Middle Boys. The Young groupings will consist of players in 1st through 3rd grades, the Middle groupings will consist of players in 4th and 5th grades, and the Older groupings will consist of players in the 6th , 7th and 8th grade.

5. No jewelry of any kind may be worn during practice or games. Only soft hair accessories may be worn during practice or games. No casts may be worn during practice or games.

6. Any player, coach, or spectator using profanity during a practice or game, or being disruptive in the judgment of the officials or board members present, will be removed from the gym. If anyone is removed from the gym for using profanity or inappropriate behavior, that individual must appear before the ROBL Board and be approved to re-enter the gym before returning.

7. No basketballs other than those belonging to the Red Oak Basketball League will be allowed in the gym. Coaches are responsible for keeping up with, and turning in practice balls when their practice is over.

8. Official practice times of one hour per week will be scheduled at the gym for each team. All other practices are at the discretion and responsibility of the coach, and may not be held in the Red Oak Elementary or the Red Oak Middle School facilities. All scheduled practices must be held at scheduled locations.

9. Players with two unexcused absences from practices or games may be removed from the team.

10. Team jerseys must be worn during games and they must not be disfigured with markings or cuts.

11. No refunds will be given after the draft begins.

 

Draft Rules

1. There will be no requests for specific team membership or practice times honored, except to put siblings on the same team.

2. At the pre-draft coaches meeting, coaches will decide which draft round their own children belong in. This CANNOT be changed after the coaches meeting for any reason

3. Coaches will draw numbers to decide their draft order. The 1st round of the draft will begin with the coach who drew #1, the second round with the coach who drew the highest draft number, etc.

4. No assistant coaches may be selected by a head coach prior to the draft.

5. Coaches will have one minute to draft a player once their turn begins.

6. Coaches must explain game rules to their players and parents, emphasizing conduct, and the 2nd quarter and playing time rules.

7. Any coach’s child selected as an all-star during the previous year, and still playing in the same age group during the following year, will be that coach’s first round draft pick.

8. No draft orders can be switched/traded.

Game Rules

1. Game time is forfeit time. A team must have at least five players present for an official game to begin. A special exception to this rule may be made for teams with 6 or less players on their roster. This will be decided on by the ROBL Board and communicated to the effected teams/coaches/divisions.

 2. All younger divisions will play (4) 8-minute quarters with a running clock, except for the last 2 min of the game, injury, foul and timeouts. All middle and older divisions will play (4) 6-minute quarters.

3. All middle and older division players will foul out of the game on their 5th foul. For younger divisions, all players must come out of the game on their 5th foul and cannot re-enter the game until the next dead ball. All Younger division players will foul out upon their 6th foul.

4. Younger teams will have four time-outs per game, middle and older teams will have five time-outs per game. Only head coaches and players may call time-out. One extra time-out will be given for each overtime in a game.

5. If necessary, two-minute overtimes will be used. With younger teams, if the game is still tied after two overtimes, a jump ball and sudden death will be used. With middle and older teams, overtimes will continue to be used until the game is decided.

6. All players on a team will play at least six minutes in each game unless there are discipline or absenteeism issues.

7. Coaches will use their five least-skilled players during the second quarter, and all players can score (except for rule exceptions below). The opposing coach will have the final say as to who the other team’s 5 least-skilled players are. The 2 coaches are expected to come together BEFORE TIPOFF, to agree on the 5 least-skilled players from each team, and to also consider any of the following exceptions to the above rule:

Exception A: When a second quarter player(s) is absent, the substituting first quarter player(s) may not score in the second quarter. The opposing coach may choose that player(s).

Exception B –  When the 2 teams that are playing DO NOT have the same number of players on their respective rosters, the team with less players would effectively be pulling down a started to play in the second quarter, and that player would NOT score.

Example A: A nine player team with all players present plays a ten player team with all players present. The nine player team would have one player in the second quarter that CANNOT score. All second quarter players for the ten player team CAN score.

Example B – A ten player team is playing another ten player team, but one of those teams is missing one of their least skilled 5 players. This team would pull down a starter to play in the second quarter, and this player CANNOT score.

Coaches will meet prior to the tip-off of each game to agree on second quarter players and second quarter scoring restrictions. The opposing coach will make the final decision on second quarter players if agreement cannot be reached.

If a non-scoring player is fouled during the second quarter, the coach of the fouled player will select a player, who is in the game and is allowed to shoot, to take the free throws.

8. There are no line-up or scoring restrictions except during the second quarter. However, if a score becomes lopsided, it is expected that second quarter players from both teams be given extra playing time and that the score not be intentionally run-up.

9. There will be no ball defense played (during Young, Middle or Old games) until the ball crosses half court (no pressing). Full court pressing may be used in the final two minutes of the game, and during overtime. Each team will receive 1 warning per quarter for defense in the backcourt, after which a team technical foul (does NOT count towards team total fouls) will be entered on each occurrence. (1 shot plus possession). The defense in the backcourt warnings will be used sparingly in the younger divisions only the first few weeks of the season (before holiday break) to give younger kids a chance to learn to get back on defense.

10. Two technical fouls on a player or coach will result in automatic expulsion from the game. Any player, coach, or parent who is removed from a game, or who is being disruptive to the game, must come before the Red Oak Basketball League Board before participating in another practice or game.

11. No one but officials and head coaches may approach the scorers’ table. Players may not approach the scorers’ table.

12. Only head coaches may question officials, and only rule clarifications may be discussed. No one, including head coaches, may question judgment calls by an official.

13. With all age groups, if the score differential becomes 20 points or more during the 4th quarter of the game, the game clock will run continuously, except during time-outs and free throws. This will continue for the remainder of the game unless the score differential is reduced to 15 points or less.

14. Ties in the standings after the regular season will be broken by head-to-head results, and then by a coin toss between the tied teams.

15. Three point shot will be allowed the entire game for middle/older girls and middle/older boys only

16. These rules may be modified at any time as the Board of Directors see fit

 

** ROBL Photo/Video Consent**

Throughout the basketball season, we will be taking random photos of games, players and teams to create a photo collage on the website – www.redoakbasketball.com, and also our social media pages . By signing the league registration form, parents/guardians agree to give the ROBL permission to use photos possibly containing your child or child’s team in the promotion of the Red Oak Basketball League