The Basics
How long is each half in inner tube basketball?
What is ten minutes?
What is the exception to the rule saying players cannot advance the ball with their feet (kick the ball)?
What is kicking the ball up to yourself?
What is the required uniform when refereeing ITBB?
What is RFC Staff shirt and pants/shorts and shoes you don’t mind getting wet?
When does the clock stop in ITBB?
What is during the final minute of each half (and overtime) when there is a foul, a jump ball, any dead ball situation (ball out of bounds, injury…etc.), and time-out?
What constitutes a technical foul in inner tube basketball?
What is unsportsmanlike conduct or dunking/attempting to dunk?
What are the coed combinations of ITBB?
What is 2/2?
What is cherry picking?
Offensive players must clear the 2-meter line when the team is not in possession. This is to prevent players from sitting under the basket.
What are 5 pieces of equipment that need to be moved/set up for ITBB?
What is cones, lane lines, flags, hoops, table, score board, chairs, buoy lines?
What constitutes legal defense in inner tube basketball?
What is tube-to-tube contact and splashing an opponent?
What is the maximum number of fouls a player can accumulate in inner tube basketball?
What is there is no limit on player fouls?
In what situations can substitutions be made in inner tube basketball?
What is during time-outs or between periods?
What is the penalty after a team has committed 2 or more team fouls?
What is one point and possession of the ball for the opposing team?
What is the proper way to move the flags and store the flags when setting up ITBB?
What is unhook flags from locker room side of pool, carry them over without them getting wet, and hook the flags on the hook on the weightroom side?
What kind of jewlery is allowed when playing ITBB?
What is none?
How is a jump ball administered in inner tube basketball?
What is the ref will hand the ball to the team with possession and teams will resume play from the spot closest where the jump ball occurred?
What is the mercy rule?
What is a lead of 20 or more points with five or less minutes remaining in the game OR 10-point lead with one minute or less remaining?
When are teams not allowed to splash opponents?
What is when a player is throwing the ball in or when a player does not have the ball?
How many people need to carry the hoops when setting up and tearing down ITBB
What is two people?
How are points scored in inner tube basketball?
What is 2 points for field goals inside or on the designated 3-point line, and 3 points for field goals outside the designated 3-point line?
How long are players allowed to remain in continuous control of the ball and what is the penalty for going over this limit?
What is 5 seconds, and a turnover?
What is the rule regarding overtime in inner tube basketball?
What is a two-minute overtime period followed by sudden death if the score remains tied?
What are four fouls in ITBB?
What are grabbing onto or holding the side of the pool, intentionally touching the ball while out of the tube, kicking the ball, skin to skin or skin to tube contact, splashing during a throw in, voluntarily getting out of tube to relocate faster?
How many cones are set up on the edge of the pool, where do they go, and what are they for?
What is 5 cones, one goes in the center, two go on the black closest to each hoop, and two go on the second to last black lines (center line, cherry picking lines, and three-point lines)?
How does an ITBB game begin?
What is the official tosses the ball into the center of the playing area and blows his/her whistle?
What is the over and back rule and when does it apply in ITBB?
A team may not pass the ball to a player behind the half court line once they crossed the half court marker and it is enforced for the last minute of the first and second half or overtime period(s)