[just another ref]

As has been brought up in the other now famous thread, when
very young kids start out playing most leagues have variations on regular high school rules. I am kinda the rules committee of 1 for our local league (9-10 & 11-12 divisions) and am always looking for a way to improve things. The rules we use now are NFHS with the following exceptions.

No timeouts.
No full court pressure except in the last 2 minutes of the game.
Each player must play at least one and a half quarters.
Each player must sit out at least one half of one quarter.
No free throws except in the last 30 seconds of a game with a spread of 6 points or less, and any time for a flagrant, intentional, or technical foul.
When not shooting free throws, if a player is fouled in the act of shooting his team takes the ball out of bounds even if the shot is good.
Games are very short, set up on 30 minute time slots. 6 minute quarters with a running clock, which stops only in the last 10 seconds of each quarter, and the last 2 minutes of the game.

The no zone defense rule was formerly used, but was eventually scrapped. I personally was strongly if favor of getting rid of this rule, because I feel it turns the games into one on one contests, though I know this rule is very common at this level. I would welcome discussion of this point and any others on this subject.