MODULE IV

LESSON I RULES AND REGULATION

LESSON 2 OFFICIATING OFFICIALS AND OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS

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 MODULE III
BASKETBALL: RULES OF THE GAME

 INTRODUCTION

In this module, we will focus on tackling about the rules that you need
to abide in playing the basketball game including the officiating officials and
the hand signals used which are very essential for players in the court. Due to
the pandemic we are currently facing, the instructors/authors adjusted the
activities in accordance with the health protocols that limit social gathering
and the like.

OBJECTIVES

After studying the module, you should be able to:

1. Identify the faults and violations according to the given situation; and
2. Perform the officiating hand signals.

 DIRECTIONS/ MODULE ORGANIZER

There are five lessons in the module. Read each lesson carefully then
answer the exercises/activities to find out how much learning you have
acquired from it. Work on these activities diligently. Submit all your outputs
online as indicated in the activities posted.

In case you encounter difficulties, discuss with your instructor through

Facebook Messenger.

Good luck and happy reading!!

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LESSON 1

 RULES AND REGULATIONS

Fouls and Violations

In addition to stealing the ball from an opposing player, there are other ways
for a team to get the ball.

One such way is if the other team commits a foul or violation.

Fouls

A. Personal fouls: Personal fouls include any type of illegal physical contact.

1. Hitting
2. Pushing
3. Slapping
4. Holding
5. Illegal pick/screen -when an offensive player is moving. When an
offensive player sticks out a limb and makes physical contact with a
defender in an attempt to block the path of the defender.

Personal foul penalties: If a player is shooting while a being fouled, then

he gets two free throws if his shot doesn't go in, but only one free throw if
his shot does go in.

 Three free throws are awarded if the player is fouled while shooting
for a three-point goal and they miss their shot. If a player is fouled
while shooting a three-point shot and makes it anyway, he is
awarded one free throw. Thus, he could score four points on the
play.

 Inbounds - If fouled while not shooting, the ball is given to the team the
foul was committed upon. They get the ball at the nearest side or
baseline, out of bounds, and have 5 seconds to pass the ball onto the
court.

 One & one - If the team committing the foul has seven or more fouls in
the game, then the player who was fouled is awarded one free throw. If
he makes his first shot, then he is awarded another free throw.

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  Ten or more fouls - If the team committing the foul has ten or more
fouls, then the fouled player receives two free throws.

6. Charging
An offensive foul that is committed when a player pushes or runs over a
defensive player. The ball is given to the team that the foul was committed
upon.

7. Blocking
Blocking is illegal personal contact resulting from a defender not
establishing position in time to prevent an opponent's drive to the basket.

8. Flagrant foul
Violent contact with an opponent. This includes hitting, kicking, and
punching. This type of foul results in free throws plus the offense retaining
possession of the ball after the free throws.

9. Intentional foul
When a player makes physical contact with another player with no
reasonable effort to steal the ball. It is a judgment call for the officials.

10. Technical foul

A player or a coach can commit this type of foul. It does not involve
player contact or the ball but is instead about the 'manners' of the game.
Foul language, obscenity, obscene gestures, and even arguing can be
considered a technical foul, as can technical details regarding filling in the
scorebook improperly or dunking during warm-ups.

VIOLATIONS

1) Walking/Traveling
Taking more than 'a step and a half' without dribbling the ball is traveling.
Moving your pivot foot once you've stopped dribbling is traveling.

2) Carrying/palming
When a player dribbles the ball with his hand too far to the side of or,
sometimes, even under the ball.

3) Double Dribble
Dribbling the ball with both hands on the ball at the same time or picking up
the dribble and then dribbling again is a double dribble.

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4) Held ball
Occasionally, two or more opposing players will gain possession of the ball
at the same time. In order to avoid a prolonged and/or violent tussle, the
referee stops the action and awards the ball to one team or the other on a
rotating basis.

5) Goaltending
If a defensive player interferes with a shot while it's on the way down
toward the basket, while it's on the way up toward the basket after having
touched the backboard, or while it's in the cylinder above the rim, it's
goaltending and the shot counts. If committed by an offensive player, it's a
violation and the ball is awarded to the opposing team for a throw-in.

6) Backcourt violation
Once the offense has brought the ball across the mid-court line, they
cannot go back across the line during possession. If they do, the ball is awarded
to the other team to pass inbounds.

7) Time restrictions
A player passing the ball inbounds has five seconds to pass the ball. If he
does not, then the ball is awarded to the other team. Other time restrictions
include the rule that a player cannot have the ball for more than five seconds
when being closely guarded and, in some states and levels, shot-clock
restrictions requiring a team to attempt a shot within a given time frame.

 ACTIVITY

1. Watch the basketball game link posted. (by your instructor in

the Google classroom)
2. Identify different faults and violations done by the players.
3. You may use word format or type on the private comment
section of the activity posted.

4.

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LESSON 2

 OFFICIATING OFFICIALS AND HAND SIGNALS

OFFICIATING OFFICIALS IN BASKETBALL

The officials in basketball are the ones responsible for spotting any rule
violations and enforcing the appropriate penalties in the game. Officials are
vital to any basketball game, as they help to ensure a level playing field that
prevents either team from having an unfair advantage. The game of basketball
is not officiated only by referees. There is a whole group of officials to manage
a game and to keep things on track. The group includes referee, umpires,
scorer, timekeeper and shot clock operator.

1. Referees. Referees are the main officials of

the game. They are the ones who are actually
responsible for enforcing rules and regulations
and calling fouls and violations. The number of
referees officiating a game depends on the level
of play. In NBA, a crew chief and two referees
are assigned to conduct a game and there official
uniform is gray shirt and black pant. In
international basketball or NCAA game, it can be
either one referee and one umpire or one
referee and two umpires officiate a game. They
wear typical black and white striped shirts and
black pants.

Duties and powers

The referees shall have the power to make decisions on infractions of the rules
committed either within or outside the boundary line including the scorer's
table, the team benches and the areas immediately behind the lines.

The referees shall blow their whistles when an infraction of the rules occurs,
quarter or overtime ends or the referees find it necessary to stop the game.
The referees shall not blow their whistles after a successful field goal, a
successful free throw or when the ball becomes live.

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Each referee has the power to make decisions within the limits of his duties,
but he has no authority to disregard or question decisions made by the other
referee.

2. Lead Refere. Lead referee (also known as crew chief in NBA) is the in
charge of the game. Normally, all two or three referees are independent in
terms of making their decisions but in case of a dispute, it’s the lead referee
whose verdict is considered final.

Duties and Power

Approve and sign the score sheet at the end of playing time, terminating
the referees' administration and connection with the game. The referees'
power shall begin when they arrive on the playing court 20 minutes before the
game is scheduled to begin, and end when the game clock signal sounds for the
end of the game as approved by the referees.

3. Scorers. Scorer play supportive role in the game of the basketball. There
can be one or two scorers in a game depending on the rules of the league and
their job is to write down the stats relevant to the game.

Duties
The scorer shall be provided with a score sheet and shall keep a record of:
 Teams, by entering the names and numbers of the players who are to
begin the game and of all substitutes who enter the game. When there is
an infraction of the rules regarding the 5 players to begin the game,
substitutions or numbers of players, he shall notify the nearest referee
as soon as possible.

 Running summary of points scored, by entering the field goals and the
free throws made.

 Fouls charged on each player. The scorer must notify a referee

immediately when 5 fouls are charged on any player. He shall enter the
fouls charged on each head coach and must notify a referee immediately
when a head coach should be disqualified. Similarly, he must notify a
referee immediately that a player should be disqualified, if he has
committed 2 technical fouls, or 2 unsportsmanlike fouls, or 1 technical
and 1 unsportsmanlike foul.

 Time-outs. He must notify the referees of the time-out opportunity

when a team has requested a time-out and notify the head coach
through a referee when the head coach has no more time-out(s) left in a
half or overtime.

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  The next alternating possession, by operating the alternating possession
arrow. The scorer shall reverse the direction of the alternating
possession arrow immediately after the end of the first half as the teams
shall exchange baskets for the second half.

*The assistant scorer shall operate the scoreboard and assist the scorer
and timer.
In case of any discrepancy between the scoreboard and the score sheet
which cannot be resolved, the score sheet shall take precedence and the
scoreboard shall be corrected accordingly.

4. Timers. Timer assists referee in recording time. Generally, two timers are
appointed by the league. One is official timer who operates the game clock and
the other is shot clock operator who operates 24 second clock. Official timer
alerts referee when each half is going to start and stops the clock when any
kind of interruption occurs during a game (fouls, out of bounds, timeouts etc)
while shot clock timer informs referee when a player takes 24 or more seconds
to shoot a ball (keeping the ball in possession for 24 seconds or more is a
violation).

Duties
The timer shall be provided with a game clock and a stopwatch and shall:

 Measure playing time, time-outs and intervals of play.

 Ensure that the game clock signal sounds very loudly and automatically
at the end of a quarter or overtime.

 Use any means possible to notify the referees immediately if his signal
fails to sound or is not heard.

 Indicate the number of fouls committed by each player by raising, in a

manner visible to both head coaches, the marker with the number of
fouls committed by that player.

 Position the team foul marker on the scorer's table, at the end nearest
to the bench of the team in the team foul penalty situation, when the
ball becomes live after the fourth team foul in a quarter.

 Effect substitutions.

 Sound his signal only when the ball becomes dead and before the ball
becomes live again. The sound of his signal does not stop the game clock
or the game nor cause the ball to become dead.

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Referees Hand Signals
The hand signals illustrated in these rules are the only valid referees’
signals. It is important that the table officials are familiar with these signals.

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY

1) Perform at least ten (10) Referees’ official hand signals.

2) Observe proper posture and execution and use a whistle as much as
possible.
3) Record your performance using your phone/camera. Put proper label of
each video.
4) Submit it to the posted activity in the Google classroom.

Note: You can apply your video editing skills here.


A reverberating thunder of claps to you! You just finished the last
module that focused on the rules and regulations that you need to follow in
playing the game. You were also presented the officials and the hand signals in
officiating the game. These are essential in becoming in playing the game
because there are certain guidelines that a player needs to know and abide
with. Surely, you have enjoyed doing the activities all throughout the
semester. All these and your diligence, persistence and resilience in
accomplishing all the tasks given to you will surely be embedded in you as an
individual as you strive for success to be successful in your future careers.

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