All standard basketball rules apply along with the following Winfield Youth Basketball League rules.

Participation

• each player must sit out three consecutive minutes per game

• no minimum sit out time for either team if one team has five or fewer players at startof game

• on a team with seven or less roster players each player must play two Quarters or 12 minutes… on a team with eight or more roster players each player must play one and half quarters or 9 minutes.

• minimum play time applies only to those players present at the start of the game

* records of player playing time shall be maintained by third party and score table for each game

• if a substitution is to be made due to an injury or for five fouls the player substituted must be one who has already sat out three minutes (if available) … for example:during the last three minutes of a game you have two players on the bench … your star player and a player of lesser ability … one of your players on the floor gets hurtor fouls out … your star player is sitting out his three minutes while your player oflesser ability has already sat out three minutes … the player entering the game must be the player who has already sat out three minutes … the exception to this would be if both players are sitting out their three minutes … at this point either player can enter the game

Game Clock

• the clock runs without stopping during the first three quarters except for fouls, injuries, and time outs

• during the last 60 seconds of each of the first three quarters the clock stops on allwhistles

• during the fourth quarter the clock stops on all whistles

• quarters are 6 minutes long• two minutes between quarters

• three to five minutes (referee discretion)for half time

Game Play

• team must have four players to start a game

• start of game can be delayed a maximum of 5 minutes waiting for a fourth or fifth player

• only three coaches allowed per team on bench. 1 coach is allowed to stand

• only 1 coach standing at a time

• three full time outs and two 20 second time outs per game

• Head coaches only can call time outs

• if t-shirts are worn they must be white or same color as jersey

• full court press :

• 3rd / 4th boys and 5th / 6th grade boys can press only during second and fourth quarters

• 3rd/4th/5th Girls grade can press only during last 2 minutes of game

• 7th grade and above can press in all four quarters

• no pressing by any team if ahead by 10 or more points 

1st/2nd Grade, may only press full court in last minute of post season tournament and only if the pressing team has fewer points than the team with the ball.

1st/2nd Grade, must play defense inside 3-point line the entire 1st half.  Defense may be extended out to half-court during the 2nd half only.