coaching box

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by just another ref

There is a school in our area which recently had its floor, among other things, redone, after damage from a tornado. The floor is immaculate. The coaching boxes are in their proper places, but the benches are not. They straddle the division line, one on each side of the court.

So move the chairs to the same side of the court where the coaches boxes are...? What am I missing here?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by zm1283

So move the chairs to the same side of the court where the coaches boxes are...? What am I missing here?

I don't get it either. I can't even picture what it looks like.

[just another ref]

The floor was painted like any other floor, with the boxes where the benches would normally be. The gym itself, however, has a unique design. The bleachers are raised above the level of the floor. The benches are one piece wooden, and are set on opposite sides of the floor straddling the division line.
The home bench is directly in front of the scorer's table. Visitors are on the opposite side. The benches sit in a recessed area in the wall at the base of the bleachers built for that purpose. The rest of the sideline area, including where the boxes are, probably is not wide enough to accommodate a bench.

[DrPete]

So if the visiting team wants to send in a substitute, do they run across the court to report to the scorer's table??? or run around the end of the court???
I don't get it either, not for basketball.
If the court isn't marked for the coaches' boxes, and they don't want to put down tape, then we also use the home coach sits and visiting coach can stand application.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by DrPete

If the court isn't marked for the coaches' boxes, and they don't want to put down tape, then we also use the home coach sits and visiting coach can stand application.

Check your local listings.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by DrPete

So if the visiting team wants to send in a substitute, do they run across the court to report to the scorer's table??? or run around the end of the court???

They have a designated spot at the end of their own bench for subs to stand and be recognized. Not in any book you would read, but that's the way it is. There is another school nearby where the table is raised probably 8 to 10 feet above the level of the court. When a sub comes to the x, he is easily overlooked, so they installed a light on the table with a switch down below for the sub to flip to alert them.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

They have a designated spot at the end of their own bench for subs to stand and be recognized. Not in any book you would read, but that's the way it is. There is another school nearby where the table is raised probably 8 to 10 feet above the level of the court. When a sub comes to the x, he is easily overlooked, so they installed a light on the table with a switch down below for the sub to flip to alert them.

Half the time you cannot get the a player to go to the X on the court when the benches are on the same side. I doubt that works well in this description.

Peace

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by benbret

NF Rules. High School game in Virginia. The home school does not have the coaching boxes marked. The home school did not want to put down tape afraid it would hurt the new floor finish. The R told both teams that since no boxes were marked the visiting team coach could stand but the home team coach had to sit. Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

That is the standard Virginia interp. In fact, it's usually includes that the visiting coach can go from endline to 28' mark as his box.

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is just a rule they need to get rid of. Let the damn coaches roam the sideline. What difference does it make. As long as they stay with the 28 foot mark, why do we care where they stand or sit? I am so sick and tired of this stupid rule. It just becomes a distraction to where our focus really should be.

Peace

:clap: I agree. I generally tell coaches during the coach's meeting that If they aren't yelling at us, we aren't looking at them.

[ref2coach]

Originally Posted by benbret

NF Rules. High School game in Virginia. The home school does not have the coaching boxes marked. The home school did not want to put down tape afraid it would hurt the new floor finish. The R told both teams that since no boxes were marked the visiting team coach could stand but the home team coach had to sit. Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

Same procedure is used in TN. TN uses a 6 foot coach's area, we had a school that built a new gym and marked 14 foot CAs. School did not want to add a tape line at 6 foot. TSSAA was asked for a ruling and they notified the School and the Association that if the school did not correct the CAs that the home coach would set and the visiting coach could use the 14 foot CA.
The fixed the lines.