2. GBA 4-5 grade

Question 1

What is the total number of timeouts

Answer 1

There is 5 timeouts but 3 of them are full timeouts and 2 of them are half timeouts.

Full timeout: 1 minute (60 seconds)

Half timeout: 30 seconds

Question 2

Double-teaming not allowed outside the lane( aka paint area)

Answer 2

Double-teaming the ball in the lane is allowed; but when the ball is passed out of the lane,
double-teaming should stop and players should resume covering their individual opponent in a
man-to-man format

Question 3

backcourt defense

Answer 3

There is no back court defense allowed in this grade division, except for the last 2 minutes of
the game and during over-time.

Question 4

overtime duration

Answer 4

3minutes

Note backcoart defense is allowed here

Question 5

Max personal fouls per player

Answer 5

5

Question 6

Max tehnical fouls

Answer 6

2 for coach. 2 for player.

Will be ejected after the foul

Question 7

where is FREE THROW LINE SHOOTING for GBA 4th-5th grade

Answer 7

Foul line is one foot closer to basket in 4th-5th grade

Question 8

lane violation(paint area violation)

Answer 8

GBA rule 5 seconds( NBA rule 3 seconds). Offense player cannot not wait in the paint area for more than 3 seconds when teammate has the ball and is outside the paint

Question 9

Backcourt time violation

Answer 9

The failure to bring the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt in the
allotted 10 seconds

Question 10

Is there any 24 second time limit to shoot the ball

Answer 10

It is not in the GBA rule book. I have not seen Ref’s calling it.

Question 11

Bench players

Answer 11

All players must remain seated on bench during game when they are not playing

Question 12

dress code

Answer 12

GBA issued jersey and athletic shorts that do not

have any pockets