Basketball

Mission
PAYS Basketball is a recreational basketball league that provides our local youth with the opportunity to learn and enjoy the sport and sportsmanship of basketball. Our emphasis is on fun and learning, not on competition.

Sportsmanship
Each person should know his/her role – players play, coaches coach, referees ref, and parents cheer. Being confused about your role will likely lead to a display of poor sportsmanship.

All Dennett school facility rules must be observed; these are posted at the gym entrance. Individuals who do not follow rules or who display poor sportsmanship may be asked to leave the gym.

Youth (players and others) are not permitted to be at Dennett unsupervised. All persons must vacate the facility at the end of scheduled games and practices.

Coaches and referees will enforce these rules and will notify the league president of ejections and other rules violations. PAYS officers may take additional actions, including involving school administrators and dismissing a player for the remainder of the season.

Teams

Grade K- 1 Instructional
Practices will be held once per week and begin in January. This is open for boys and girls in Kindergarten and 1st grade. This will be a basic skills/fun play for the kids.

Grades 2 – 3
Weekly practices begin in December, with weekly games starting in January. Games will remain on the same day of the week for the entire season.

Grades 4 – 6
Weekly practices begin in December, with weekly games starting in January. Games will remain on the same day of the week for the entire season.

Girls 7 – 12
Girls 7 – 12 Recreational League registration is available through Silver Lake Youth Basketball.

Girls 7 & 8 Travel Team
Travel Team is open to grades 7 and 8. Travel Team registration is available through Halifax Girls Basketball or by contacting Ken Boudreau.

Boys 7 – 12
Boys 7 – 12 Recreational League registration is available through Silver Lake Youth Basketball.

Boys 7 & 8 Travel Team
Travel Team is open to grades 7 and 8. Travel Team registration is available through Silver Lake Youth Basketball.

Rules

Co-ed 2-3

Ball Size: 28.5″  Hoop Height: 9 ft.

Co-ed 4-6

Ball Size: 28.5″  Hoop Height: 10 ft.

Playing Time

Coaches must play all players a similar amount of time per game (excepting foul-outs, ejections, or disciplinary reasons). Substitutions of all bench players shall occur no less often than every 5 play-clock minutes; this means that no player should remain on the bench for more than 5 clock minutes. Referees should stop play as early as possible, to accommodate substitutions.

• Each game will consist of two 20 minute halves, with a running clock except for the last 2 minutes of each half.
• Two timeouts per half per team, per game.
• Full court press – Grades 2-6 teams may only press the last 2 minutes of each half. No pressing by a team who is up by 10 or more points. Coaches are strongly encouraged to limit ball pressure and double teams to inside the 3 point line.
• Defense: Coaches should teach man-to-man D; zone defense is discouraged.
• Personal fouls: Player is disqualified when charged with 5th personal foul.
• Team fouls: bonus (1-and-1) after 7 fouls in a half, double bonus (2 shots) after 10.
• Technical fouls: More than one infraction in a game, results in ejection from the game and suspension for the following game.