Greetings! I run a High School intramural league (as some of you probably know from answering my variety of questions in the past!) and am trying to put together a handbook for the participants - I have 2 years of "well, that's just kinda the way I've done it in the past..." or "Hmm - never saw that one before, so here's what I'm gonna do..." stuff to remember, so I decided to put it in writing. I'm including my rules for the sports I run (Volleyball, Basketball, 3-on-3 tournament, and Flag Football), and have very nice, well defined rules for everything but basketball. For basketball, we use NFHS rules, with a few minor modifications for our specific situation. However, many of the students who participate (we had over 110 out of a school of 800 last year - 14 teams, 84 games) have never played before or have limited experience with what the actual rules in basketball are.
So here's my question - I am looking for some site or source of a simplified set of rules for basketball - I have a page of "commonly misunderstood rules" I may use also, but what I need is something much shorter than the NFHS rule book, but that covers the basics, and I would be likely to get permission to copy. Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be GREATLY appreciated, both by myself, and by all of the student refs I train who have to answer silly questions brought on by everyone knowing the NBA rules, but not the HS ones, or thinking that "reaching" is a foul! We won't solve all the problems, but I think it will help...
Thanks again!
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David A. Rinke II
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