2007-10-30

Important note to all Mini
Coaches –

Basketball New Brunswick has moved
to full-FIBA for mini basketball, with a few modifications, as identified in
the BNB Mini rules. It is important that coaches become familiar with both the
Mini modifications, and the full-FIBA rules.

It is important to
understand what is not mentioned in the Mini Rules –

For example, the rule
permitting substitutions only in timeouts has been removed –
substitutions can be made at any whistle, as per the FIBA rules. HOWEVER,
players can still only participate in two segments in the first half, and five segments
in the game. A player who participates for even one
second in a segment, is considered to have participated in that segment, and it
will count toward his maximums.

A team no longer needs ten
players to start a game – HOWEVER, the segment participation rules still
apply. This might become important if there was a storm, for example, and only
eight players were available at the start of the game. The coach may elect to
start five players in the first segment, hoping
additional players will arrive in time for segment two.

Or the coach may elect to
play four players in each segment, or the coach may elect to go with 5 players
in segment one and 3 players in segment two. All scenarios are acceptable, so
long as no one plays more than 2 segments in the first half and 5 in the game.

The penalty situation now
applies on quarters, rather than halves. Shoot on the 5th foul.

Timeouts are now allocated
as two in the first half and three in the second half, non-cumulative.

These are some example of
the changes that will impact the Mini Game in 2007-08.

If you have any questions,
or specific situations you would like to discuss, please contact me at –

[email-masked]

Chuck Beyea