[Mark Padgett]

We had our kids rec league draft for our girls league last night. As usual, I gave the coaches a rules test. We use NF rules. These were the 10 T/F questions. Not one of the approximately 50 coaches who were there got them all correct. One guy got 8 of them wrong!


1) ON AN INBOUND PLAY, IF THE INBOUNDER MOVES MORE THAN THREE FEET BACKWARDS BEFORE INBOUNDING, IT’S A TRAVEL VIOLATION

2) A PLAYER CANNOT BEGIN A LEGAL DRIBBLE BY PUSHING THE BALL TO THE FLOOR WITH BOTH HANDS

3) PLAYERS MAY PLAY WITH EARRINGS AS LONG AS THEY ARE COVERED TIGHTLY WITH MASKING TAPE

4) WHEN INBOUNDING IN THE FRONT COURT, IT IS A VIOLATION TO INBOUND THE BALL TO A PLAYER IN THE BACK COURT

5) IF A PLAYER DIVES FOR A LOOSE BALL, GRABS THE BALL AND THEIR MOMENTUM CAUSES THEM TO SLIDE, IT IS A TRAVELING VIOLATION

6) IF AN INBOUNDER IS HOLDING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS AND A DEFENDER REACHES ACROSS THE LINE AND PUTS BOTH HANDS ON THE BALL, IT IS A HELD BALL

7) IF A PLAYER SHOOTS AN AIR BALL, THAT PLAYER CANNOT BE THE FIRST TO TOUCH THE BALL BEFORE IT COMES DOWN AND HITS THE FLOOR

8) IF A PLAYER IS HOLDING THE BALL AND A DEFENDER HITS THE BALL HANDLER'S HAND CAUSING THE BALL TO BECOME LOOSE, IT IS A PERSONAL FOUL

9) IF A PLAYER REACHES OVER ANOTHER PLAYER’S BACK TO GRAB THE BALL WITHOUT MAKING CONTACT, IT IS A PERSONAL FOUL

10) IF A PLAYER IS DRIBBLING AND BOUNCES THE BALL OFF THEIR FOOT, THEY CANNOT RUN AND RECOVER THE LOOSE BALL