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Originally Posted by Hugh Refner
Be sure to tell her to keep plenty of this with her during games. The size of the roll needed depends on how much yelling she does at the refs.
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In Connecticut, this roll of tape could be quite useful:
To: CIAC Member School Athletic Directors, and Coaches and CT IAABO Basketball Officials
From: CIAC Boys and Girls Basketball Committees
Reminder - Marking the Coaching Box and Substitution Entry Spot
This memorandum is a reminder for CIAC member schools to mark the coaching box and substitution entry spot (X) prior to the 2016-17 basketball scrimmages and season begins. In 2001-02, the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) provided the CIAC the option to modify the six (6) foot coaching box rule whereby the coach must sit, and expand to fourteen (14) feet whereby the coach can stand. The CIAC, in conjunction with the CIAC Boys/Girls Basketball Committees and IAABO Rules Interpreters, adopted the 14 foot coaching box. Over this past year, IAABO officials report that a number of schools have not painted or marked with gym floor tape, the coaching box lines and the X that represents the substitution entry spot, as set forth by the NFHS rule.
In lieu of not observing a marked coaching box or a substitution entry spot (X), the IAABO Rules Interpreters have been instructed by the CIAC to request the home school to apply gym floor tape to indicate the coaching box and/or substitution entry spot. If the home school administrator refuses, IAABO basketball officials, as instructed by the CIAC, will not allow the home team coach to stand but will allow the visiting team head coach to stand. The CIAC has also asked IAABO officials to alert the CIAC when schools are not in compliance. This should no longer be a necessary procedure as schools have had sufficient time to comply.
The coaching box area shall be outlined outside the side of the court on which the scorer and timer’s table and team benches are located. The “Coaching Box Area” is 14’ wide. To correctly locate the starting point of coaching box on the side line, put a mark 14’ from the end line. Then measure another 14’ from that line to mark the end point of the “Coaching Box”. The farthest line will measure 28’ from the end line. All lines shall be 2” wide and recommended to be the same or similar color to the boundary lines, but not mandatory. We recommend that the length of the lines be 3’ from the sideline within the out of bounds area, if space is available. The substitution entry spot is denoted by an X. It should be 12” long and 2” wide and placed on the floor out of bounds directly in front of the official scorer, to help substitutes with the proper location to check into the game. The NFHS rules committee and the CIAC want coaches to remain in the coaching box and have players properly report to the scorer when they wish to enter as a substitute. There is a distinct advantage to the coach who is permitted to be out of the coaching box, because the coach has a better chance to communicate with his or her team. Officials have been instructed to address and penalize coaches who are in violation of the coaching box rule. It is important to realize, that once the coaching box privilege is removed because of a technical foul, all related restrictions must apply. There is no way to get the coaching box privilege back after it has been lost for that game. Specifically, the head coach has lost the privilege to remain standing in the box for the remainder of the game and he/she must remain seated. As a reminder, the assistant coaches must remain seated during the game. The CIAC is confident that the coaches in Connecticut will support and abide by the coaching box and substitution entry rules, and promote sportsmanship in every possible way. The basketball officials serve our member schools, and we are fortunate that the relationship that exists between coaches and officials in Connecticut has always been characterized by mutual respect.