Question from a father

[Michael A. Jackson]

Can anyone tell me what the limitations on time (Quarters/Halfs) for a girl high school basketball (Indiana) player whom plays both Junior Varsity and Varisty? I've been told up to 5 qtrs a session (night) with a limit on total amount of qtrs played a year being 180. My father thinks it is 4 qtrs a night, but a coach said that was the old rules.

[kenref1]

Each state has different rules on this issue. You will need to contact the state office to get the correct ruling.

[ChuckElias]

There's gotta be a joke in here somewhere about Michael Jackson asking about middle school kids; but then he went and wrecked it by asking about girls.

[kenref1]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
There's gotta be a joke in here somewhere about Michael Jackson asking about middle school kids; but then he went and wrecked it by asking about girls.

LOL!

[Wearin' Stripes]

MJ-

Players in Indiana can play 5 quarters a night, but are limited to 80 quarters a year. The rationale is to allow middle of the road/younger players some experience at the varsity level but to also check the number of overall quarters. The IHSAA believes that if a player is good enough to play in more than 1 vasity quarter he/she should be on the varsity squad.

[Michael A. Jackson]

Thank you for the response. My daughters a very good freshaman player on a very good senior oriented team with a very good coaching staff. I'm sure her coaches are watching the qtrs, but I was confused with the old rule vs the new rule. Next time I have a question I'll use the general thread.

Thanks again

I usally sign everything Michael "Tony" Jackson, and I go by the name of Tony. Now you know why!

[Redhouse]

might I ask then, where does the "A" come into play. Do you have two middle names

[mdray]

Anthony would be a good guess

[Redhouse]

not only is that a good guess, it is probably a correct guess. good job mdray

[SamIAm]

Originally posted by Redhouse
might I ask then, where does the "A" come into play. Do you have two middle names

I think Anthony is correct too, but just to have a differing opinion, I am going to throw out,

Antione

Kansas basketball limited a player to 5 quarters a night when I last played there, but that could have changed in the mean time.

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Michael A. Jackson
I'm sure her coaches are watching the qtrs, but I was confused with the old rule vs the new rule. Next time I have a question I'll use the general thread.

You're welcome to come here anytime and ask questions politely, and even if they're not right in our line, you might get a good answer -- like you just did! But the General thread will probably be even less likely to give you a good answer, since it's geared toward the wider referee community, but your question was about a local, Indiana administrative rule. So actually asking here is probably better than the General thread.

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by rainmaker

You're welcome to come here anytime and ask questions politely, and even if they're not right in our line, you might get a good answer -- like you just did! But the General thread will probably be even less likely to give you a good answer, since it's geared toward the wider referee community, but your question was about a local, Indiana administrative rule. So actually asking here is probably better than the General thread.

The general board is great if you need ballistics advice.