Stupid tournament rules

[just another ref]

Triangle and 2 is the way to go. Put your 2 biggest guys on the blocks. Put your 2 best/most active guys chasing the ball. Put your smallest/weakest player just inside the free throw line so he gets help from both sides.

[Welpe]

I hate these youth league rules about defenses and is one of the main reasons I did not work a local youth league here that pays very good money for games with running clocks. Don't want to deal with the crazy local rules or the crazy coaches.

[Texas Aggie]

The theory is that kids at the younger age don't have the range for outside shooting and a zone that packs it in is too difficult to play against.

Then both can play zone and work on their outside shooting.

These rules are stupid. Aside from not defining what is actually prohibited (I can have a team play a zone that few would recognize as a zone), it fails to teach a very important part of the game.

A defensive 3 seconds rule MIGHT be a suggestion, but I wouldn't want to get players into bad habits.