"X" on the Floor
 

We inform game management of the situation and have them properly place the "X."

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Usually would do this, but one gym I will have several games in has such a small boundary area in front of the tabel that the player would be on the floor if there was an X so they have to report to their side and stay there. No room for even one very skinny kid.

We "point it out" if missing. Same with our 6" coach's box.

Our association requests we pass them a note and they notify schools - not the individual ref's.

Some advice - if you have a school that repeatedly does not have an X down when you do their games, take some spray paint with you and put it down yourself. They'll get the hint. Plus - it gives the custodian some overtime. :rolleyes:

You must "T" a lot of coaches for being out of the box with a 6-inch box.:D

Mregor

Connecticut Coach's Box
 

Our association, here in Connecticut, has finally decided to take a strict, proactive approach regarding a properly marked, or a lack of, coach's box.

If a coach's box is not properly marked, we have been instructed by our association, to request that the home management (athletic director, site director, coach, etc.) mark each coach's box with tape. If the home management refuses, i.e. "We're not allowed to put tape on our gymnasium floor", then the home coach will lose the right to use the coach's box and will only be allowed to stand under the old "seat belt" rule, which we haven't used here in Connecticut since 1989. The visiting coach will be allowed to stand in front of his or her bench area. We have also been instructed to call our association assignment commissioner or secretary the next day. These guidelines will be in effect for all levels, middle school, freshman, junior varsity, and varsity.

But use black spray paint in case any gets on your shoes.

So as far as the question on the NFHS test with the X on the floor, what would you do?
"When the facility does not have an "X" on the floor in front of the scorer, the home team is assessed a technical foul."

I have never had this issue as they always just take the time to put some tape down, so would this question then be true if they don't?

Is not having a "X" one of the reasons to issue a T under rule 10? Or, in the rule that specifies having an "X", does it list a T as the penalty? Answer those questions and you know how to answer the test question and how to administer it during the game.

No, try florescent fuschia. :p

For most men: Fuschia. :eek: :D

Believe it or not, one boys team last year had a play called 'fuschia'. They didn't look like they enjoyed calling that play, but the coach insisted.

I coached a team that was ranked 7th in the province, back in the late 90s. We had a play called Jim. So named because it was a play that had two cutters go backdoor, in a delayed pattern. Jim = Jim Morrison = "The Doors". Hey, 13 year old girls respond to the oddest things.

I'm guessing the purpose of 'fuschia' was to get the other team laughing.

There was a team around here that had a play called "wide out". They stopped calling it out after they were called repeatedly for timeouts. :p

A team around here is called the Crimson Tide. The coach said that he has a play called 'Tide' and that sometimes it is confused with 'time'. The dazed look on my face did not seem to give him a hint that he was onto a bad idea.

Thanks for the wake up call... reading to much into the question. False :)

And don't wait till the last minute like this guy...
 

I believe that this question is on the NFHS exam to call attention to the fact that the NFHS handles some of these items differently from the NCAA.

To explain further, the NCAA also requires such a mark to designate the scorer's location.
2-12-19
For ease of identifying the official scorer, one of the following shall

be placed on the floor in front of the individual’s spot at the scorers’ table:
a. An “X” composed of 12-inch line segments that are 2 inches in
width.
b. An NCAA logo that is a minimum of approximately 8 inches in
diameter.

c. An NCAABasketball logo that is a rectangle approximately 1

by 2

In the big "Canada has disease" phase, there was a team I did with 3 distinct plays.

SARS
Mad Cow
West Nile

I almost pissed my pants when they started calling them I was laughing so hard.

In our association, if the game mgmt refuses to put down markings for the coaches box, the home coach sits, the visiting coach gets the NCAA coach's box--baseline out to 28' line.

How can you knowingly give a coach a box that is twice as big as the maximum allowable by NFHS rules? :confused:

Don't ask me, I just work here. But each year the subject comes up in our board meetings, that's the answer that's is provided. I guess it's meant as an extra-added deterent to not properly marking the court.

Clearly, it is not your fault as you aren't making the decision, but I have to say that I totally disagree with your local interpretation. The visiting team should be allowed what they are entitled to, but nothing more than that.

But by the reasoning of your local board, if the home team doesn't mark the division line through the center restraining circle, the home team would still be penalized for backcourt violations, but the visiting team would not! :eek: