All games take place at the Winnetka Community House 620 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka.
Players should not bring a basketball to their games. We will provide the basketballs.
Games are played in the half court. Courts will be labeled Court A and Court B.
Grades K-5 use the 28.5 basketball.
Grades 6 and up use the 29.5 basketball.
All girls divisions use the 28.5 basketball.
Basket height for Boys and Girls Grades K-1 is 8ft and Grades 2-8 is 10ft.
Basket height for boys and girls Grade 2 is 9ft .
Basket height for boys and girls Grades 3-8 is 10ft.
Coin toss determines who starts the game with the ball. Home team gets to choose.
1st Team listed is the Away team and wears the Dark Jersey - Orange. 2nd team listed is the Home team and wears the Light Jersey - White.
A team that shows up with 2 or less players then the game will be played 2 against 3. Discretion of the team with the 3 or more players to choose if they would want to play 2 vs 2 against a team that has 2 players show. If both teams show up with 2 players then the game is played 2 against 2. If a team shows up with 1 player then it is a forfeit.
1st Overtime is 1 minute. 2nd and following overtimes are first team to score.
Rosters cannot change after the official posting of final rosters.
Non-rostered players/subs are not allowed.
Any concerns should be brought to the on site league manager (Winnetka Community House), Nicholas Kurowski, (Winnetka Bible Church/Northfield Community Center, Josie Williams. You can also write your concerns to support@hoops4health.com
All players and parents should follow our Code of Ethics.
Timeouts
Each team is awarded 1 one minute timeout for the game. There are no added timeouts in overtime.
Substitutions
Substitutions will take place every 3 minutes. Substitutions can only be made on the announcement by the scorekeeper/Referee. Coaches handle substitutions.
Substituions can be made on a timeout only under 1 minute left in the second half. The bench or players on the floor can notify the ref or the scorekeeper if they want to use a timeout.
Game Rules
Games are scored by 2's and 3's.
Games are 18 minutes with two 9 minute halves. Clock stops on a dead ball the last 30 seconds of the 1st and 2nd halves. Halftime is 2 minutes.
There is no make it take it. After a made basket possession changes.
Ball must be checked (bounce pass 5ft away from defender guarding the offensive player) from the top of the key to start a possession on any made baskets. Once the ball has been passed and offensive player has secured the ball the player can then begin to guard.
Ball is live after the check. The ball does not have to be passed in once the defender has checked it.
On initial check ball everyone must guard their man.
Teams must clear the ball on a change of possession behind the 3 point line no matter if a shot was attempted or not. One foot must be behind the 3 point line. Grades K-1 need to clear the lane line with one foot. Exception to this rule is if there is a change of possession and the ball goes out bounds on the baseline the ball does not need to be cleared.
For Divisions Grades K-1 No Trapping/Double Teaming is allowed.
A foul on a 2 point field goal attempt will result in one free throw which counts for 2 points if made. A foul on a 3 point field goal attempt will result in one free throw which counts for 3 points if made. Ball is live on the release.
7 team fouls per half result in 1 and 1 free throws and double bonus occurs on 10 fouls resulting in 2 free throws.
Last 30 seconds of the game goes to 2 team fouls then bonus. The 7 team foul rule does not stay in effect once the last 30 seconds begins unless the team is already at 6 teams fouls. Then next one is the bonus.
Players get 5 fouls. Teams with 4 or more players have foul-outs on 5 fouls. Teams with 3 players there are no foul-outs however on the 5th foul and every foul after becomes an automatic 2 points. Regular team fouls and bonus situations stay in effect aside from the player(s) with 5 or more personal fouls.
For Grades 5 and under - when there is a 15 point lead the defense must stay behind the three point line. The team winning by more than 15 points must pass 5 times before they take a shot.
For Grades 6 and over - when there is a 20 point lead the defense must stay behind the three point line. The team winning by more than 20 points must pass 5 times before they take a shot.
Technical Fouls are an automatic 2 points to the opposing team.
All Illinois High School Association Rules are in effect aside from the above rules