Minibasketball Rules

The 13 original rules were published on December 15, 1892, in The Triangle, the newspaper of Springfield College. These 13 rules are the original ones that were used in the first game ofbasketball, they are the rules where it all began and from there, the rules were modified or new ones were implemented. 

 

 

 

 

1- The basketball can be thrown in any place and direction, with one or two hands. Dribbling the ball with one or two hands is also allowed in any direction.

 

2- It is totally forbidden to run with the ball in your hands, while running, the ball must be dribbled.

 

3- The person who has the ball, if they stand still, must pass it from where they are.

 

4- The ball cannot be held with the arms or the body, it must be held with the hands.

 

5- Forbidden to shoulder, hold, push, strike, or trip an opponent. Basketball has infractions, the first infraction is a foul, the second infraction the person who commits it is disqualified until a basket is made. It should be noted that the offender cannot be replaced under any circumstances.

 

6- Striking the ball with a fist is penalized with a foul.

 

7- If a team makes 3 consecutive fouls, without the opponent having made any, the team that has received 3 fouls will have one point added to the score as a penalty for the offenders.

 

8- The way to score points in a basketball game is quite logical, there are two baskets, one on each court. To score points, you must throw at the basket, if you throw and the ball goes in and remains there without the attacking team touching or moving the basket, you get the points on the scoreboard. On the other hand, if the ball stays on the rim and an opponent moves the basket, it will count as one point for the attackers, since in the first basketball games, the baskets could be moved to prevent opponents from putting the ball in the basket.

 

9- The basketball court is formed by lines, if the ball goes out of bounds, the ball is thrown back into the court and comes into possession of the first person who manages to touch it. There may be a situation where there is doubt about who touched it first, in that case, the referee throws the ball up and two players, one from each team, will try to get it. The player who gets the ball has a total of 5 seconds to pass, if the time runs out, the opponent takes over. It is also considered a foul if a team is delaying the game to run out the clock.

 

10- The basketball game has an assistant referee to monitor all types of rules and fouls committed by the players. The assistant referee can remove players and notify the head referee of the fouls committed by the players.

 

11- The head referee is the one in charge of the game. They decide when to put the ball in play and control when a point is scored, they also keep track of the score, the time, fouls…

 

12- The game consists of four quarters of 10-12 minutes each. Between each quarter there is a five-minute break.

 

13- As is obvious, the team that scores the most points wins. There is also the possibility of a tie between the two teams, in that case, the captains of the two teams can agree to go to overtime until a basket is made by one team or the other, the first to score wins.