Too bad, it's a great product and to get back to the OP, it's an easy tool to reference sitches like the above. I just want to have on my laptop!:(

The NFHS now has the rules and case books available as .pdf files in the member content section of the web site. Perhaps you could get your hands on these.

Nah, if its a JH girl's game, just call a held ball. It'll blend in with 85% of the rest of the game.

"Free" Rules ...
 

http://nfhs.eofficials.com/nfhs/rule...owse&bid=38017

http://www.mtboa.org/rules/

Anybody have any other sources of "free" rules on the internet?

These rules are now 2 years old ('06-'07).

These specifically say "Reprinted with permission of the National Federation of State High School Associations. This material is not to be resold or remarketed." I wonder how they got that permission. I was under the impression that the NFHS never gave such permission, since the rulebooks are their primary source of income.

Thanks Billy.............easier to search on than downloadable PDF from NFHS that a fellow ref sent me.

MTBOA is terrific with an all in one rules/ videos , quizzes.

Get a flashdrive. Copy the files from your PC to that and then plug the flashdrive into your laptop and load the files to its harddrive.

Thanks..........!

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same ...
 

Hey. Some rules never change. These are from the 1891-92 Rule Book, and are 117 years old.

1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist).
3. A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it.
5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed; the infringement of this rule by any player shall count as a foul.
8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket, providing those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall count as a goal.
9. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds; if he holds it longer, it shall go to the opponent.
13. The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner.

I Hear That He Gave Dr. Naismith His First Technical Foul, It's True ...
 

The book is probably up in Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.'s attic, so he can check it out for us. I think that 1891-92 was the first year that he officiated?

What is shouldering and what's the sign for it?

Shouldering ???
 

Ask Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. I'm sure, back in the day, he used this signal quite a bit.