Coach starts game sitting outside coaching box

[UNIgiantslayers]

I have searched the forum, and checked the rulebook including the searchable digital version. Can someone please point me to where in the rulebook/casebook it talks about a coach who starts out the game sitting outside the box may not stand within the box? Am I imagining that being a rule??

[BigCat]

You need to read the case book. If you aren’t, you are missing much. Reading rule book gets you 60 percent...10.6.1C

[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by BigCat

You need to read the case book. If you aren’t, you are missing much. Reading rule book gets you 60 percent...10.6.1C

I have read the casebook (and do so at the beginning of each season), thus knowing about this. I could not figure out where I saw it. Thanks for the reference.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by UNIgiantslayers

I have read the casebook (and do so at the beginning of each season), thus knowing about this. I could not figure out where I saw it. Thanks for the reference.

It’s a tough read..but try to read it all the way through...many times...You can’t read it enough...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BigCat

10.6.1C

Nice citation Big Cat. Thanks.

10.6.1 SITUATION C: The coach of Team B sits on the opposite end of the bench from where the optional coaching box is located. The coach rises only when permitted by rule. RULING: Legal. The coach is not required to use the optional coaching box even though it has been adopted by the state association. However, if the coach begins the game by sitting somewhere other than where the box is located, he/she may not use the box privileges any time during the game. The coach must begin the game in a position within the box if he/she wishes to stand when permitted under the optional coaching-box provisions.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Nice citation Big Cat. Thanks.

10.6.1 SITUATION C: The coach of Team B sits on the opposite end of the bench from where the optional coaching box is located. The coach rises only when permitted by rule. RULING: Legal. The coach is not required to use the optional coaching box even though it has been adopted by the state association. However, if the coach begins the game by sitting somewhere other than where the box is located, he/she may not use the box privileges any time during the game. The coach must begin the game in a position within the box if he/she wishes to stand when permitted under the optional coaching-box provisions.

This citation is moot in states which have adopted the 28' coaching box. Wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear from the case book in the near future.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

This citation is moot in states which have adopted the 28' coaching box. Wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear from the case book in the near future.

Can't he choose to sit "closer" to the table than allowed with the box?

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by Raymond

This citation is moot in states which have adopted the 28' coaching box. Wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear from the case book in the near future.

I know what you mean/saying but it’s not moot. Coach has a lot more places to sit but many schools here have seats towards mid court..

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BigCat

I know what you mean/saying but it’s not moot. Coach has a lot more places to sit but many schools here have seats towards mid court..

Are coaches allowed to sit in those seats that are above the 28' line? If a team puts chairs all the way to the table, is the HC allowed to sit in that seat next to the table?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Raymond

This citation is moot in states which have adopted the 28' coaching box. Wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear from the case book in the near future.

Not true and Geometry supports my position. I have seen both 84 foot and 94 foot courts with Score Tables small enough to have the Team Benches extend past the 28-foot Mark toward the Division Line.

MTD, Sr.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Not true and Geometry supports my position. I have seen both 84 foot and 94 foot courts with Score Tables small enough to have the Team Benches extend past the 28-foot Mark toward the Division Line.



MTD, Sr.

the fact that I said I have moved chairs from above the 28-foot inline obviously means I have seen chairs been put above the 28-foot line towards the scorer's table, so stop with a condescending math statements. I didn't know coaches were sitting above the 28-foot line all across America because they certainly aren't doing it in high school games in Virginia.

And if folks across America are letting coaches sit above the 28 ft line why are they not T'ing them up the first time they stand up during a live ball?