Common Basketball Rules and Violations Made Simple

Basketball Highway, June 20, 2000
As a coach for many years I was enlightened by his writing and sense of humor regarding the rules.


Book Description
This basketball rule book is a simple and easy to read guide to the most common basketball rules and violations. It has large 11 point type and many illustrations. Now in its fourth year Common Basketball Rules may be the most accurate of its kind.


From the Publisher
This is a basketball book that makes knowing basketball rules and violations an easy to teach and easy to learn experience. More than just a rulebook, Common Basketball Rules.and Violations Made Simple will give insights on how to avoid committing these fouls and violations. CBR offers the following features: Written in large 11 point type Lies flat with oversize binding No subdividing-all rules on the same page Always updated for the most current version of the National Federation of High School rules Includes secrets on how officials make their calls Always aligned with the National Federation of High School Rules. No mixing text with college or pro rules. Reviewed by Basketball Highway a top seller for years on Amazon.com noted for accuracy in alignment with NFHS rules and intent often used as a reverse index to find out where that tough to find rule is Major concepts explained in simple easy to read writing on a single page at a time. The concepts covered are: traveling block/charge timeouts correctable errors three seconds scoring in wrong basket overtime verticality alternate possession arrow closely guarded over and back ten seconds dribbling fouls throw-in Highly illustrated 72 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches and 30,000 words and, of course, highly illustrated. Written by former player, coach and practicing basketball official.


From the Author
Common Basketball Rules and Violations Made Simple may be the easiest basketball book on rules to read. The writing is simple and humorous. It has a reverse referral feature for finding that hard to find rule interpretation.


About the Author
About the author: • Two years coaching high school freshman girls basketball • Three years coaching high school junior varsity girls basketball • Four years as an assistant AAU basketball coach • One year seventh grade girls basketball • One year assistant with the freshman boys basketball team • A graduate of ACEP - American Coaching Effectiveness Program • 1997 Graduate of PACE for secondary coaches • Two time graduate of the MHSAA Grand Valley officials school for 1995 and 1996 doing boys and girls varsity and a graduate of Tri-Cities Officiating Camp 1999. • An active basketball official. Officiating both boys and girls from grade 7 to varsity level. A member of the Mid-Michigan Officials Association. • Experienced in MHSAA boys and girls basketball. Officiating 120 games a year. • Experienced officiating AAU to the state tournament level. • Experienced Gusbuster and Superbuster for Gus Macker Enterprises • Currently writing a weekly basketball column for the Lakeview Enterprise in 1997-98, 1998-99,1999-2000, 2000-2001,2001-2002, 2002-2003


Excerpted from Common Basketball Rules and Violations Made Simple by Fred Bies. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
Concepts in Detail: Scoring - Wrong Basket I never thought a topic as small a this one could take a full page. The intriguing part is that this happens more than you might think. Let's explore and see if you don't agree. If you are new to the game, I guarantee you will see the following before to long. A red player begins the second half and forgets that they changed directions at half time. They score in blue's basket and everyone looks confused. What to do? OK, this is not difficult, but I've seen this screwed up a number of ways. What should happen is that: 1. The goal is counted for the blue team. 2. Red gets the ball again on a designated throw-in 3. The goal is noted in a footnote with no individual scoring credit Don't let the official call this a technical. Don't let the official disallow the goal. This type of goal counts. RB 5-2-3 Another slant on this same wrong basket theme is the following: Red team passes the ball around in the correct half of the court. Blue team hits the ball loose and everyone collides to try and get the ball. A red player recovers the ball and in the confusion forgets what direction they should go. The red player goes to the wrong end and scores in blue's basket. Basket counts, right? Wrong! The instant the red player crosses the division line, the call is over and back. No score is allowed on this play. This happens so fast both the official and both coaches may miss it and treat it like a normal wrong basket play. SCORING - WRONG BASKET - BY A TEAM Finally, the second half begins and both teams go in the wrong direction for a number of minutes. Points are scored and fouls are committed. When the error is discovered, what should the official do? The only thing the official should do is call time and turn the teams around. All time consumed, fouls committed and points scored count. RB 4-5-4


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