RestrictedArea/SecondaryDefenderPlays

A.Rule.Thefloormarkingoftherestricted-areaisrequiredforallvarsityNorthDakotahighschoolbasketball.

Asecondarydefendercannotestablishinitiallegalguardingpositionintherestrictedareaforthepurposeofdrawingaplayercontrolfoul/chargewhendefendingaplayerwhoisincontroloftheball(i.e.dribblingorshooting)orwhohasreleasedtheballforapassortry.Whenillegalcontactoccurswithintherestrictedarea,suchcontactshallbecalledablockingfoul,unlessthecontactisaflagrantfoul.Exceptions:WhentheoffensiveplayerleadswithafootorunnaturalkneeorwardsoffwiththearmORwhenaplayerincontroloftheballstopscontinuousmovementtowardthebaskettheninitiatesillegalcontactwithasecondarydefenderintherestrictedarea,thisisaplayer-controlfoul.Asecondarydefenderisconsideredtobeintherestrictedareawhenanypartofeitherfootisinorabovethisarea.SecondaryDefender-DefinitionArt.1.Asecondarydefenderisateammatewhohashelpedaprimarydefenderafterthatplayerhasbeenbeatenbyanopponentbecausehe/shefailedtoestablish

ormaintainaguardingposition.Adefensiveplayerisbeatenwhentheoffensiveplayer’sheadandshouldersgetpastthedefender.Art.2.Asecondarydefenderisateammatewhodoubleteamsalowpostplayer.Art.3.Afteranoffensiverebound,therearenosecondarydefenderswhenthereboundermakesanimmediatemovetothebasket.Art.4.Inanoutnumberingfast-breaksituation,anydefensiveplayer(s)initiallyshallbeasecondarydefender.B.Mechanics.Whenaplayerdrivestothebasketandpasttheareaofdualresponsibility,theLnowhasprimarycoverageforthisplay,especiallysinceitinvolvesasecondarydefender.TheTandCwillhavesecondaryresponsibility.SignalingSequence.Whenablockingfouloccursbecausethesecondarydefenderwaslocatedintherestrictedarea,theofficialhastwosignalingsequencesthatcanbeutilized.

Fistintheair,pointtotherestrictedarea,signalblockORsignalblock,pointtotherestrictedarea.HelpEachOtherOut.ItisencouragedandrecommendedthattheTandCprovidehelp(ifnecessary)onsuchcalls.Ifthenon-callingofficialscanprovidedefinitive

informationtothecallingofficial(i.e.,defenderwaslegallypositionedoutsideoftherestrictedarea),theLwillthendetermineifthecallshallbeswitched. Iftherulingisswitched,thecallingofficialshouldputairbackinthewhistleandemphaticallysignalthechange. Ifanon-callingofficialprovidesinformation,thecallingofficialhastheoptiontoremainwiththecallthatwasoriginallymadeonthecourt.Note:Ifthefoulcalledonthecourtisablockingfoulregardlessofwheretheplayerwaspositioned,thecallingofficialshouldnotpointtotherestrictedareawhensignalingthefoul.Thatwillalertthepartnersthatablockingfoulisbeingcalledwithoutreferencetotherestrictedarea.

SwingPass-QuickDrive.ItisentirelypossiblethataquickswingpassandinstantaneousdrivetothebasketfromtheC’ssideofthefloorwillnecessitateacallbytheCofficialiftheLhasn’thadtheopportunitytopickupthataction.Itisimperativethattheofficialsrecognizethatadoublewhistleispotentiallypossibleinthatsituation.Givethe“stoptheclock”signal,butifatallpossible,DONOTgiveanimmediatepreliminarysignal.Inaddition,iftheblock/chargeplaydoesnotinvolveasecondarydefender,donotpointtotherestrictedaccesswhenmakingablockingcallsinceitdoesnotapply.Reminder:Iftheblock/chargeplayinvolvesasecondarydefender,theListheprimaryontheplay.TandCaresecondarywhentheactioninvolvesasecondarydefender.TheLhasthebestchancetowatchthesecondarydefender’spositioning.