DA COURT
These boundary lines are entirely out-of-bounds, meaning touching them while holding the ball results in an immediate turnover.
BASELINE AND SIDELINE
This is the maximum number of personal fouls a player can commit before being disqualified from the contest.
What is 5 fouls?
This infraction is committed if a player, while actively dribbling, places their hand completely underneath the ball to momentarily pause its vertical momentum.
What is a carrying (or palming) violation?
This is the explicit playbook name given to the 3-1-1 half-court trap system initialized after scores or dead balls.
What is the "Green" system?
In the "Alaska" 5-Out motion offense, this explosive downscreen or rimward movement must be executed by a perimeter player immediately after they release a pass.
What is a basket cut?
Offensive players are restricted to a maximum of 3 consecutive seconds inside this rectangular lane area
What is the key (or paint)?
While a standard varsity regulation quarter lasts 8 minutes, an extra overtime period is set to this exact length.
What is 4 minutes?
An offensive team is granted a maximum of this many seconds to advance the ball past the midcourt division line into the frontcourt.
What is 10 seconds?
This defensive system is built on intense ball pressure, denial of targets one pass away, and dropping to the help-side split-line when two or more passes away.
What is the "Yellow" system?
When executing a late-game press break, players are instructed to utilize the middle of the floor and strictly stay away from these restrictive boundary areas.
What are sideline trapping zones?
Under official high school regulations, this is the exact distance from the center of the basket to the outer edge of the three-point arc.
What is 19 feet, 9 inches?
California high school basketball strictly enforces this specific duration for its varsity shot clock.
What is 35 seconds?
This violation occurs immediately if a ball handler lifts their established pivot foot prior to releasing the ball to initialize a dribble.
What is traveling?
This offensive strategy relies on absolute perimeter spacing with all five players outside the 3-point line maintaining proper spacing.
What is the "Alaska" (or 5-Out) offense?
This immediate counter-cut must be executed by an offensive asset if their defender over-denies the perimeter pass or steps over the defensive line.
What is a backdoor cut?
This term describes the critical intersections where the horizontal free-throw line meets the outer vertical lane lines.
What are the elbows?
To optimize game flow, this traditional free throw sequence has been completely eliminated from high school basketball rules.
What is the 1-and-1 bonus?
This non-contact infraction stems from behavioral issues like profanity or administrative errors like an unnotified jersey change, awarding the opponent two free throws and a division line throw-in.
What is a technical foul?
This zone defense sets up with three high perimeter defenders to specifically choke off elite outside three-point teams above the break
What is a 3-2 zone?
When protecting a 10-point lead with two minutes remaining, players must execute long possessions to bleed out this critical 35-second regulatory mechanism.
What is the shot clock?
These perimeter zones extend upward from the lane lines, positioned slightly to the left and right of the top-of-the-key center.
What are the slots?
A team officially enters the Double Bonus to shoot two free throws upon committing this number of team fouls in an individual quarter.
What is the 5th team foul?
This type of foul involves violent, savage physical contact during a live or dead ball, resulting in an immediate mandatory player ejection.
What is a flagrant foul?
In green, this specific player position floats behind the primary trap line to read the handler's eyes and steal desperate panic passes.
Who is the interceptor/windshield?
While playing defense with a late-game lead, players are instructed to avoid gambling on risky steals and lunges to prevent committing these clock-stopping infractions.
What are reaching fouls?