RULES & REGULATIONS

PLAYING TIME

  • Tyke (Grade1-2): 25 minute skills & drills. 3 Minute Periods, play until 10am – Running Time.
  • Novice (Grade 3-4): 30 minute skills & drills. Ten 4 Minute Periods, 2 Minute Halftime, 3 Minutes Overtime – Running Time.
  • Atom-Midget (Grade 5-12): 30 minute skills & drills. Eight 4 Minute Periods, 2 Minute Halftime, 3 Minutes Overtime – Stop Time.
  • Running Time Rule: If there is a team leading by more than 25 points, the clock will run until the deficit becomes less than 25 points, only in the second half.

OBA Tie Break method will be used
Points for and against method will be used with a cap at 20 points per game.
Example: If Team A wins by 32 points, only a point spread of +20 will be used for that game, not +32

GAME BALL

The official game size basketball for Tyke, Novice, Atom – Size 5 (27.5) (boys and girls)
The official game size basketball for Bantam Size 6 (28.5) (boys and girls)
The official game size basketball for Midget Size 7 (29.5) (boys)

TIME OUTS

Each team will have ONE 60 second timeout per half. Timeouts that are not used will NOT carry over to the second half or to overtime.
Each team will have one timeout in a three minute overtime period

ADDITIONAL RULES

The game will be forfeit should the team not have 5 players, based on the discretion of the Club.
A forfeit game has a score of 2-0, if both teams forfeit, score is 0-0.

Players to be assigned numbers by their coach at each game & shall play EQUALLY based on assigned numbers
e.g. 12 players on team—> 1st Period: Players 1-5 2nd Period: Players 6-10 3rd Period: Players 11, 12, 1-3 4th Period: Players 4-8 5th Period: Players 9-12,1

Person to Person defense only
Drop back rule in effect, however, losing team may “PRESS” in the last 2 minutes of each game (if game is within 10 points)

TYKE ONLY : No free throws or “and 1’s”— all fouls are inbound possessions.
ALL OTHER AGE GROUPS: No free throws or “and 1’s”— all fouls are inbound possessions— except in the last 2 minutes of the game (if game is within 10 points).

Teams that foul, the opposing team has 1-and-1 free throw.