2018-2019 IAABO Significant Manual Revisions ...

[BillyMac]

2018-2019 IAABO Significant Manual Revisions

Officials Jewelry. Wedding bands and engagement rings are the only jewelry permitted. Fitness bands are not allowed.

Clock Awareness. One Minute Remaining. Recommend officials in crew raise an index finger in the air.

Net gets hung up on ring with the clock running. If your state does not provide any guidance, it is recommended that officials make a mental note of the situation and allow play to continue until the next dead ball with a stopped clock or the ball is in team control of the affected team in their front court and they are not making an immediate try for goal. Quickly have game management untangle the net and resume play at Point of Interruption.

End of Quarter/Period Procedures. By rule, the game clock horn signals the end of the quarter/period unless there is a ball in flight on a try for goal. Officials should not sound the whistle to signify the end of the quarter/period unless they are ruling that the try was not released prior to the sounding of the horn.

Jump Ball. The Referee or tossing official checks for readiness with table and partner (no longer checks for readiness with the captains).

Basket interference and Goaltending no longer must be reported in the reporting area.

Timeout Procedures. Prior to granting a time-out request by the head coach, the official must see or hear the coach (“and” changed to “or”).

Signals. Added “Tipped Ball” Signal. Used to communicate that the ball was legally touched by a defensive player in the frontcourt before it entered the backcourt.

There are a few other changes that I wouldn't call significant (I'm not sure how significant some of these are).

There are some newly added screen coverage guidelines in the IAABO Crew of Three Mechanics Manual, as previously mentioned in a previous thread.