Repeat PLAYING TERMS

 

RULE 7—Playing Terms

SECTION 1. A Goal is made when the ball enters the basket
from above and remains in or passes through.
Ques.—If the ball enters the basket from below, goes through
and drops back into the basket, is a goal scored? Ans.—wNo.

Ques.—A player is lifted into the air by a teammate, or climbs
to the shoulders of a teammate, receives a pass, and drops the
ball into the basket. Does the goal count? Ans.—No, and a
foul may be called for unsportsmanlike conduct.

SECTION 2. A player is out of bounds when any part of his

Blas ce ouizot body touches the’ boundary line or the floor outside

unds. of the boundary line.
Ball Out of The ball is out of bounds when any part of it
Bounds. touches the boundary line, the floor outside the

boundary line, any object on or outside the boundary line, any
balcony, the supports or back of the backboard, or when it is
touched by a player who is out of bounds. If the ball strikes the
edge of the backboard or rolls along the top of the backboard with-
out touching the supports of the backboard, and then falls into the
playing court, it is in play.

The ball is caused to go out of bounds by the last player touched
by it before it crosses the line.

Ques.—If a player touches the wall behind the backboard while
he has the ball in his possession, is he out of bounds? Ans.—Yes,
and therefore the ball is out of bounds,

Ques.—Ball glances off face of backboard and across boundary
line, but before it touches the floor or any obstruction out of
bounds, it is caught by a player who is “in bounds.” Is the ball
in bounds or out of bounds? Amns.—In bounds.

Ques.—If the ball hits the apparatus or ceiling over the playing
court, what is the decision? Ans.—The ball continues in play
unlen? ground rules to the contrary have been agreed upon before

e game.

Ques.—On courts on which the walls are used for backboards,
is it legal to “run up the wall” in throwing for goal? Ans,—Teams
which play on courts not laid out according to the Rules must
make their own ground rules. It is recommended, however, that
“running up the wall’ be not permitted. It is further recom-
mended that courts be laid out as specified in the Rules when-
ever this is possible.

Ques.—Player A, standing on or outside the boundary line,
catches a ball thrown by Player B, an opponent, before or after
the ball crosses the line. To whom should be the ball be awarded?
Ans.—To Player A. Even though the ball was caught by A before
it crossed the line, B is considered to have caused the ball to go
out of bounds. But if the ball is lying on the floor in bounds and
A touches it from out of bounds, the Committee has ruled that A
should be considered to have caused the ball to go out of bounds.

Ques.—In attempting to throw the ball into play from out of
bounds, a player throws it against the back of the backboard and
it drops upon the court. Is the ball in play? Ams.—No. The ball
should be awarded to an opponent out of bounds at the same point.