PLAYING TERMS Bele ig

 

SECTION 19. Delaying the Game is unnecessarily interfering
with the progress of the game by a player.

SECTION 20. Extra Period is the extension of playing time nec-
essary to break a tie score.

SECTION 21. A team’s Front Court is the half of the court (or

larger section if two division lines are used) which
contains the basket for which this team is throwing. The other
half of the court (or smaller section if two lines are used) is this
team’s Back Court.

RULE 8—Playing Regulations

* SECTION 1. The game shall be started by an Official, who shall
toss the ball up between two opponents, as pro-
Ronse vided in Sections 5 and 6 of this Rule.

Teams whose players are of college age shall play two halves of
20 minutes each, with an intermission of 15 minutes between the
halves. By mutual agreement such games may be played in four
ten-minute quarters with two-minute intermissions between the
first and second quarters and between the third and fourth quar-
ters; also by mutual agreement the intermission between halves
may be reduced to 10 minutes.

Teams whose players are of high school age shall play four
eight-minute quarters, with two-minute intermissions between the
first and second quarters, and between the third and fourth quar-
ters, and a ten-minute intermission between the second and third
quarters. For boys fourteen years and under the quarters shall be
six minutes, with two minute intermissions between quarters and
ten minute intermission between halves. During two-minute inter-
missions the players shall not go outside the boundary lines, receive
coaching or change goals.

By mutual agreement in games wherein the players are of high
school age or younger, an Official’s time-out may be taken in the
second quarter and in the fourth quarter, provided there has not
been a charged time-out or time-out for injury for either team dur-
ing the first four minutes of that quarter. This time-out is to be
taken the first time the ball is dead after four minutes have ex-
pired, and is to be of two minutes duration.