Pre-game warmup question

[Adam]

Originally Posted by billyu2

No. Rule 4-5-2. Also, from the 2010-11 Points of Emphasis: Sporting Behavior-"If during pre-game or half-time warmups one team leaves the floor, the other team may not use the entire court."

4-5-2 has not historically been interpreted as restricting the pregame activities, until that POE was issued. Even now, it's up to the states to determine enforcement intensity and any applicable penalties.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by billyu2

No. Rule 4-5-2. Also, from the 2010-11 Points of Emphasis: Sporting Behavior-"If during pre-game or half-time warmups one team leaves the floor, the other team may not use the entire court."

Originally Posted by Adam

4-5-2 has not historically been interpreted as restricting the pregame activities, until that POE was issued. Even now, it's up to the states to determine enforcement intensity and any applicable penalties.

Just another interp that should have been incorporated into the rule book or case book and wasn't.

[bowlingref]

In Va.the VHSL has told us for a few years to keep each team on their end of the floor at all times during warmups.

[Nevadaref]

Do a google search for the NFHS PowerPoint presentation on the rules changes from the past two seasons.
There is a slide in both of them which states that a team is NOT allowed to use the other half of the court in the pregame warmup even if the opposing side has left the floor.