Rule 4 - Definitions Flashcards
Airborne Shooter
A.R. 76. A1 is in the air on a jump shot in the lane. A1 releases the ball on a try and is fouled by B1, who has jumped in an unsuccessful attempt to block the shot. A1’s try is:
(1) Successful; or
(2) Unsuccessful.
RULING: A1 is an airborne shooter when the ball is released until she returns to the floor. An airborne shooter is considered to be in the act of shooting. B1 has fouled A1 in the act of shooting. A1 shall be awarded one free throw in (1), and two in (2).
(Rule 4-1)
Delay of Game
A.R. 77. Team A is not ready to take the playing court after the second signal sounds indicating the end of the halftime intermission.
RULING: The referee should ask the timer to start the digital device used to time timeouts. When Team A is not ready to play at the expiration of one minute, Team A shall be assessed an administrative technical foul for delay of game. Team B shall be awarded two free throws and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. When Team A is entitled to the alternating-possession arrow, it shall not lose control of the arrow until the throw-in ends.
(Rule 4-9.1.b, 6-3.6 and 10-12.2.e.1)
Disqualified Player
A.R. 78. A player who has committed a fifth foul [any combination of personal and unsportsmanlike fouls and all technical fouls] continues to play because the scorers have failed to notify the officials.
RULING: As soon as the scorers discover the mistake, they should sound the game-clock horn after (or as soon as) the ball is in control of the offending team or is dead. The disqualified player shall be removed immediately. Any points that may have been scored while such a player was illegally in the game shall count.
(Rule 4-11.1 and 2-9.4 )
Disqualified Player
A.R. 79. B1 commits a fifth foul [any combination of personal and unsportsmanlike fouls, and all technical fouls], which results in two free throws for A1. The official scorer and official timer fail to notify any of the game officials that a fifth foul has been committed. When the scorers realize the mistake, they inform the official timer to sound the game-clock horn. The official timer sounds the device as the first free throw is made or missed. The referee asks the scorers’ table personnel to explain the problem. The referee is advised that B1 has committed five fouls, after which the referee advises the coach and player of Team B that B1 has five fouls. The coach replaces B1.
RULING: Play shall be resumed with the second free throw by A1. There is no additional penalty assessed for the official scorer’s and timer’s mistake in failing to notify the officials of B1’s fifth foul.
(Rule 4-11.3, 2-9.14 and 2-9.4)
Disqualified Player
A.R. 80. A5 is fouled during an unsuccessful try for goal. As A5 goes to the free-throw line, A5 is assessed an unsporting technical foul, which is A5’s fifth and disqualifying foul. The scorer:
(1) Informs the official that A5 has been disqualified; or
(2) Does not inform the official that A5 has been disqualified until after A5 attempts the free throws.
RULING: (1) A Team B player or team member shall attempt the free throws for the technical foul assessed to A5. Play is resumed at the point of interruption and the substitute for A5 would then attempt the free throws awarded when A5 was fouled in the act of shooting.
(2) Since A5 and A5’s coach were not notified of the disqualification until after A5’s free throws, the result of A5’s free throws shall stand.
(Rule 4-11.4, 8-3.2.c, 2-9.4 and 4-22.1.f )
Dribble
A.R. 81. Is a player considered to be dribbling while touching the ball during a jump, when a pass rebounds from the player’s hand, when the player fumbles or when the player tips a rebound or pass away from other players who are attempting to get it?
RULING: No. The player is not in control under these conditions and therefore is not dribbling.
(Rule 4-12 and 4-8.1)
Dribble
A.R. 82. In the frontcourt of Team A (the backcourt of Team B), A1 passes the ball to A2. B1, in an attempt to secure the ball, deflects it down the playing court toward B’s basket. The ball bounces several times before B1 can recover it in B’s frontcourt. B1 dribbles to B’s basket and scores.
RULING: Legal. The deflection of the ball by B1 shall not be considered part of the dribble. B1 does not have control of the ball until securing it after deflecting it.
(Rule 4-12.1)
Dribble A.R. 83. A1, after: (1) Receiving a pass; or (2) Ending her dribble, A1 passes the ball to A2. Before receiving the pass, A2 leaves the area on a cut to the basket. A1 goes to the area vacated by A2 and recovers the ball.
RULING: In order for a pass to occur, the thrown ball must be touched by another player. This did not occur in (1) or (2).
(1) A1’s attempted pass was the start of her dribble. When she recovered the ball and started another dribble, she would have committed a violation. (Had A1, after releasing the pass, which was the start of the dribble, not recovered the ball but rather continued to dribble, it would not have been a violation.)
(2) A1 had previously ended a dribble before her attempted pass to A2. A1’s release of the ball on her attempted pass to A2 was the start of a second dribble. A1 committed a violation after she touched the ball.
(Rule 4-12.2 and 9-7.1.c)
Dribble
A.R. 84. A1 is dribbling the ball when:
(1) A1 bats the ball over the head of an opponent, runs around the opponent, and before the ball touches the playing court she bats the ball again and then continues to dribble; or
(2) A1 fumbles the ball after having grasped the ball with both hands and the ball rolls out of reach so that A1 must run to recover it.
RULING: (1) Violation, because the ball is touched twice during a dribble, before the ball touches the playing court.
(2) It is illegal to continue to dribble, but A1 may recover the ball.
(Rule 4-12.3, 4-15.2 and 9-7.1.c)
Dribble
A.R. 85. A1, while advancing the ball by dribbling, manages to keep a hand in contact with the ball until it reaches its maximum height. A1 maintains such control as the ball descends, pushing it to the playing court at the last moment; however, after six or seven bounces, A1’s hands are in contact with the ball and the palm of the hand on this particular dribble is skyward.
RULING: It is a violation when the ball has come to rest on the hand while the palm and the fingers are facing upward and a player then continues to dribble, because the dribble has ended when the ball came to rest on the palm when it faced upward.
(Rule 4-12.4.a)
Dribble
A.R. 86. A1 dribbles and comes to a stop, after which A1 throws the ball:
(1) Against the opponent’s backboard and catches the rebound; or
(2) Against the official, immediately recovering the ball and dribbling again.
RULING: A1 has committed a violation in both (1) and (2). Throwing the ball against an opponent’s backboard or an official constitutes another dribble, provided that A1 is first to touch the ball after it strikes the official or the backboard.
(Rule 4-12.4.a and 9-7.1)
Dribble
A.R. 87. After ending a dribble, A1 leaves the playing court to attempt a try for goal. While airborne, A1 fumbles the ball and:
(1) Recovers the fumble while airborne, returns to the floor and dribbles the ball; or
(2) Recovers the fumble after returning to the floor and then dribbles the ball.
RULING: It is a violation in both (1) and (2), A1 is permitted to recover the ball but after recovering the ball is not allowed to start another dribble. However, if a fumble is touched by another player and then recovered by A1, while airborne or after a return to the floor, A1 is allowed to start another dribble. If A1 had not previously dribbled the ball, and while airborne fumbled and recovered the ball (while airborne or after a return to the floor), she is permitted to start a dribble.
(Rule 4-12.4.a, 4-17.2 and 9-7.1.c)
Ejection
A.R. 88. A1 is assessed:
(1) A second technical foul; or
(2) A second unsportsmanlike foul.
RULING: In both (1) and (2), A1 is ejected and shall leave the playing court and floor area and report to her team’s locker room.
(Rule 4-13.2.b and .c)
Inadvertent Whistle
A.R. 89. A1 is in the act of shooting and B1 attempts to defend the try. The official, in anticipation of a foul that was not committed, inadvertently blows her whistle:
(1) Before the release of the ball; or
(2) After the try for goal was released hit the ring, but was unsuccessful.
RULING: (1) Since A1 did not release the ball and was in control of the ball when the inadvertent whistle was blown, Team A shall be awarded the ball at a designated spot nearest to where the dead ball occurred with no reset of the shot clock.
(2) The inadvertent whistle occurred when there was no team control. When the try was unsuccessful, the ball is awarded to the team entitled to the alternating-possession arrow at a spot nearest to where the try was unsuccessful and the shot clock shall be reset.
When the try for goal was successful, the inadvertent whistle shall be ignored and the team not credited with the score shall be awarded the ball at the end line with that team being entitled to run the end line.
(Rule 4-16, 4-22.1.a, 2-11.6.g, 2-11.7.g and 7-5.1.a and .d)
Inadvertent Whistle
A.R. 90. After A1’s try is released and is in flight, an official inadvertently blows the whistle and then the shot-clock horn sounds. How is play resumed when the shot:
(1) Is successful;
(2) Does not strike the ring or flange; or
(3) Strikes the ring or flange but does not enter the basket?
RULING: (1) Count the goal. Ignore the inadvertent whistle, which was blown when there was no team control, and the sounding of the shot-clock horn. The team not credited with the score shall be allowed to run the end line.
(Rule 7-4.16 and 7-4.6)
(2) Violation. Ignore the inadvertent whistle and resume play by awarding the ball to Team B at the spot nearest to where the shot- clock violation occurred. The violation takes precedence over the inadvertent whistle.
(Rule 9-11.2 and. 4 and 7-4.1)
(3) Play shall be resumed by the alternating-possession procedure and the shot clock shall be reset.
(Rule 4-16, 4-22.1.a, 7-4.16, 7-5.1.d and 2-11.6.g)
