NFHS Substitution Rule
 

Anyone ever seen this rule requested by a team captain?

[Rule 3-3-1e]
The official shall grant a captain's request for a defensive match-up if
three or more substitutes from the same team enter the game during a
substitution opportunity.

Like maybe once. And it was after a change or clarification of the rule like the next year after the wording change that was made. Never had it happen since.

Peace

Nope. I think this is one of those relic rules that may have been exercised more frequently decades ago when being a captain meant something and the officials actually remembered who that person was more than three seconds after the pre-game conference ended.


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There is a local coach who has an extremely high basketball IQ, officiated for awhile, and had a cup of tea as an NBA player who has utilized it on multiplre occasions. I'm convinced that sometimes he does it just to see if an official knows the rule.

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Is this still a rule or has it been changed?

Still a rule.

All the time.

I've never seen it requested. So how long does the team captain get to make a matching substitution(s)? Wouldn't this be a way essentially gain extra time outs and/or to slow down teams who like to run 5 players in at a time 5 like Grinnell?

If you run in 5 subs, the opponent is allowed to matchup. Maybe Grinnell should run in 2 subs at a time to avoid the delays.

I must have missed something. Who is Grinnell?

Mistakenly Disappeared ...
 

Not sure it was changed, or clarified, but it did mistakenly disappear from the rulebook for a few years. After a high school coach friend of mine asked me if it was a real rule or just something the guys at the YMCA made up, I tried to look it up and it was gone. My local interpreter looked into it and suggested that I contact the NFHS, which I did and it was put back into the rulebook in 2003-04.

Black Line All The Way Around ...
 

Connecticut COVID protocols include only allowing the referee, and the head coach and one captain from each team at the pregame coaches-officials-captains pregame meeting. Makes for a streamlined meeting. Let's keep the guideline next year.

Three Jump Ball Circles ...
 

We used to do these lineup matchups around one of the three jump ball circles, back when there were three jump ball circles.

The rule does not mention anything about "matching substitutions."

Let's get rid of the pregame shenanigans period.

It has not hurt anything in this past year. We have officiated and been able to control the very same things we did before.

Peace

Sorry that was me interpreting what it may look like. It does say "defensive matchup". Either way I don't see why it's still a rule.

Simplified explanation of Grinnell style (sometimes called 'The System') is subbing 4-5 players every minute or so to keep players fresh so they can face guard full court press to wear opponents out.

Confused In Middle School ...
 

Players at the middle school level and below can often get confused when playing man to man defense and a lot of opposing substitutes are beckoned.

It's not a big deal. You probably do it now without an official request from the captain and don't even realize it.

R: [beckons 3 subs from H], waits for subs to enter and replaced players to leave, points to partner to put the ball in play.
V-Captain: Wait a second sir, we want to make sure we are matched up properly.
V-Cap (to teamates): I have 12. Who has 15?
V20: I do.
V25: I have 32.
V-Cap (to official): Thank you. I think we're ready.

Hope this helps.
 

Grinnell is a college in Iowa at the D3 level (Midwest Conference) and they run 5 subs in like every minute. The goal is to play everyone on the bench for the most part and shoot the ball within like 7 seconds of the possession. A lot of threes and a lot of up and down basketball. They can easily score over 100 points and often play little defense because the goal is to outscore you and wear you down. Some times try to play with them and others try to slow the ball down a little to control more of the tempo. I have had the opportunity to officiate Grinnell, but there are a few schools that used this system at the high school level. There was a team in the south suburbs that ran this system and he was a coach that played at Depaul and happened to send like two sons to the Grinnell program. I think I was on a game where they set the state record for 3 point shots and makes in a game about 8 or 9 years ago.

But all that being said even when this system was used, there were programs that never asked for match-up requests. So it is really not a very widely used rule and certainly not used at that level.

Peace

Politically Correct ...
 

Person to person defense?

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

Because coaches still want the rule in place?