2025-26 NFHS Rules Changes

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

And it gets curious and curiouser because: The July 14th 2025-26 NFHS Basketball Comments on the Rules for R7-S5-A4 only mention ‘Forecourt’ and not ‘Forecourt and Backcourt’. Therefore, “Lucy! You have some ‘splaining to do!”

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.: You're showing your age.

The NFHS stopped using the terms "forecourt" and "midcourt" way back in the twentieth century.

In fact, we may be some of the few alive to remember such.

Remember "Lack of action"?

Remember "Play ball!".

Remember a new closely guarded count for dribblers (sixteen seconds of legal closely guarded, hold, dribble, dribble across midcourt line, hold)?

But in essence, what Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. was "trying" to say is true.

7-5-4: This change provides a clearer, more consistent method for determining the throw-in location after a stoppage of play in the frontcourt when the ball has not gone out of bounds.

Silly NFHS, everybody must be in "vacation mode".