Coaches

Recreational League Rules—4th, 5th and 6th Grade Boys and Girls

The objective of this document is to describe how teams are formed, frequency of practices, game rules and player/coach/spectator conduct required for the 4th, 5th and 6th grade recreational leagues.

·                                 Player talent will be divided evenly among the teams in each league. A draft will be held to ensure player talent is equally divided. Every effort will be made to have at least two athletes from a school on a team.

·                                 Playing time in each game will be divided evenly among all the players on a team.

·                                 Each team will have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 10 players. At coach’s discretion, an 11th player may be added. Placing more than 11 players on one team requires Board approval.

·                                 Each team will have at least two coaches.

·                                 Each 4th grade team will have 2 one hour practices and each 5th/6th grade team will have one 90 minute practice per week

·                                 Practices will be coordinated through the Middleton Basketball Club, not directly with the schools.

·                                 Warm up is 5 minutes.

·                                 Games consist of two twenty-minute halves with the clock running until the last minute of each half.

·                                 Half time is 5 minutes.

·                                 No overtime.

·                                 Time-outs: each team receives two-one minute time-outs per game.

·                                 Lane Violations are 4 seconds.

·                                 Free throw line is 13 feet.

·                                 Substitutes must report to the scoring table before entering the game.

·                                 Substitutes are allowed on dead balls only (when the referee blows the whistle).

·                                 Defense: NO ZONE defense is allowed. Must play person-to-person defense.