Shot Clock rule in NFHS?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by buildere8

I am a new official starting out. I have been searching for shot clock rules in the NFHS Rules book. I cannot find anything on the shot clock, only scoring and timing. Only book that mentions shot clock rules is NCAA. Can someone tell me where does it state that a shot clock is used in High School?

Buildere8

Instead of a shot clock, the Fed's way of preventing a team on offense to use unlimited time is via a closely guarded rule.

While in the offensive frontcourt only, briefly:

If a player is holding the ball, and is continually guarded by any defender that is within 6 feet of said ball holder, that ball holder has 5 seconds to legally dribble, pass, shoot, or request a timeout.

If a player is dribbling the ball, and is continually guarded by any defender that is within 6 feet of said dribbler, that dribbler has 5 seconds to start holding the ball, pass, shoot, or request a timeout.

The covering official should have a visual count for these 5-second countings.