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SECTION 2: The Game – Its Beginning, Ending and Timing 2.1 PREGAME PROCEDURES 2.1.1 Prior to a Match, the Team Captains and Referees shall meet at center court for introductions and to decide the sides on which teams will begin play. 2.1.1.1 Teams shall have an equal opportunity to select the side on which they will start play. Should both sides wish to play on the same side, Team Captains will play Rock-Paper-Scissors, with the winner allowed the right to select their side. 2.1.1.2 During Playoffs, the higher-seeded team shall have choice of court sides. Should evenly seeded teams meet, choice of sides will be determined by Rock-Paper-Scissors. 2.1.2 Immediately prior to the start of every Game, six balls shall be placed on the center line such that three balls are on one half of the court and three are on the other half, as shown in the diagram below. Placement of Balls Prior to Game 2.2 STARTING A GAME 2.2.1 Players will line up behind the baselines on their respective sides of the court. 2.2.2 A whistle from the Referee will signal the beginning of the game, at which time teams may approach the center line to retrieve the balls. 2.2.3 Teams may only retrieve the three rightmost (from their perspective) balls on the court 2.2.4 Once a ball is retrieved, the retrieving player must clear it behind the 6 foot attack line before it can be legally thrown. To be cleared, a player in possession of the ball must touch the ground behind the 6 foot attack line with any part of his/her body or with the ball. The ball can also be thrown or pushed behind the attack line. 2.2.5 If a ball remains on the center line for ten seconds after the initial referee whistle, it may be retrieved by either team – but must still be cleared as per rule 2.2.4 above. 2.3 BOUNDARIES 2.3.1 Stay in Bounds 2.3.1.1 During play, all players must remain within the boundary lines of the court. Players who fail to maintain physical contact with the court within the boundary lines for any reason will be declared out. 2.3.1.2 To be within the boundary lines, a player must have any body part touching the floor within the boundary line, although s/he may also have another body part touching outside of the boundary line. 2.3.1.3 The boundary lines themselves are “In” and part of the playable court 2.3.1.4 If a player controls a catch while maintaining contact with the court, then falls out of bounds after <strong>com</strong>pleting the catch, the catch will be valid AND the player who has left the court will be Out. 2.3.1.5 Jumping Exception: players can leave contact with the court by means of a jump, but their first contact with the floor must be within the boundary lines. 2.3.1.6 Mistaken Out Exception: should a player leave the boundary to return expeditiously to the Out Box, then be
judged to be Not Out by the referee, that player may return without being declared Out for the Out of Bounds infraction. 2.3.2 Ball Shagging 2.3.2.1 Active players may not leave the court to pick up an out-of-bounds ball. 2.3.2.2 To retrieve balls outside of the court, teams may use up to two Ball Shaggers. 2.3.2.3 Teams must provide their own Ball Shaggers, who may, but need not, be on the team’s roster. 2.3.2.4 Balls Shaggers must wear a different colored shirt from the active players, so as to avoid confusion about who is playing. Offenders will receive a team warning then a yellow card. 2.3.2.5 Balls Shaggers may not step or reach within the boundary lines for any reason. Should they do so, the offending team must forfeit a ball to the opposing team. 2.3.2.6 Ball Shaggers may not reach within the boundary lines to acquire a ball. Should they do so, the ball must be forfeited to the opposing team. 2.3.2.6 Ball Shaggers and players in the outline must stay on their team's half of the court. Unlike players on the court, they are not allowed to reach over the center line to collect a ball. 2.3.2.7 Ball Shaggers must immediately return balls into play without delay. For example, Shaggers may not hold onto balls or leave them out of play until their teammate is ready for a ball. 2.3.3 Center Line 2.3.3.1 For the purpose of this section, the Center Line shall be considered to extend infinitely in either direction of the actual marked Center Line on the court. 2.3.3.2 A player touching the opposing team’s area (in or out of bounds) will be called out 2.3.3.3 Players may lean into the opposing team’s area, but no part of the player’s body may touch the ground in the opposing side for any reason. Players that make contact with a ball that is in possession of an opponent will be declared out. 2.3.3.4 Players who cross into the opposing team’s side of the court while or just after throwing the ball will be called out and their throw cannot result in an opposing player being out (though it may result in a catch and player re-entry for the opposing team). 2.3.3.5 If a player is able to control a catch on his/her side of the court and then falls to the other side immediately thereafter, the catch is considered valid but the player is then ruled Out for having crossed the center line. 2.3.3.6 Players who cross into the opposing side after attempting to sink a Scotty Shot will be called out but the Scotty Shot remains a good Attempt (if it goes in then that team’s remaining players, but not the shooter, return to the game). 2.3.3.7 Players who cross into the opposing side prior to releasing a Scotty Shot attempt will be called out and the Scotty Shot attempt is no good. 2.3.4 Out Queue 2.3.4.1 When players are Out, they must proceed immediately to the Out Queue, a marked area adjacent to the court (see Section 1.4.1 diagram). 2.3.4.2 Players that are Out are to queue in order such that the first person to be Out is lined up nearest to his/her team’s baseline. 2.3.4.3 Players in the Out Queue must stay in the Out Queue; they are neither allowed to leave the Out Queue to shag balls nor reach out (with their hands or feet) to interfere with a live ball that is in play (those in the Out Queue are NOT allowed to touch balls in play). 2.3.4.4 Those in the Out Queue must return any balls that enter the Out Queue to the playing area with out delay. 2.3.5 Returning To Play 2.3.5.1 Players returning to the court from the Out Queue must enter the court from the baseline. 2.3.5.2 Players must reenter the game in an expeditious manner. 2.4 GAME TIMING 2.4.1 40 Minute Matches 2.4.1.1 40-minute time limit has been established for each contest in regular season league play. Teams will play as many games as possible during that time. 2.4.1.2 The official 40-minute game clock will begin its countdown at the scheduled start time for the match, whether or not the two teams are ready to begin play. 2.4.2 Match Start Forfeits Teams have 5 minutes at the beginning of the match to satisfy the 3/3 rule. If they fail to do so within that time, a forfeit will be recorded. 2.4.3 End of Matches 2.4.3.1 No Game will start with less than a minute remaining on the 40-minute game clock. 2.4.3.2 The winner of the last game, being played at the expiration of the 40-minute period, will be determined by which team has more players remaining on the court.
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