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2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

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<strong>12</strong> wOMEN's Changes for 20<strong>12</strong> and 20<strong>13</strong><br />

The Rules Committees have identified the following as major concerns that<br />

need to be addressed because of their increased incidence of occurrence:<br />

Major Officiating Concerns for Men<br />

Timeouts — Possession Requirement<br />

Officials are instructed to confirm player possession before granting a team<br />

timeout, particularly when the timeout is being requested from the head coach or<br />

a player in a scramble situation.<br />

Timeout Administration<br />

The committee continues to be concerned with the administration of timeouts.<br />

The ball should be ready for play at the second horn. The committee added a<br />

formal team warning to this rule to assist officials with another tool.<br />

Flagrant 1 or Flagrant 2 Fouls for Elbow Contact<br />

Officials are reminded that there can be incidental contact with the elbow above<br />

or below the shoulders; swinging of the elbow is required for the foul to be<br />

classified as a flagrant 1 or 2 foul. Some incidental contact is being penalized<br />

improperly.<br />

Use of Monitor<br />

While technology is a tool which has enabled officials to “get the call right,”<br />

there is growing concern that the monitor is being used too often, especially on<br />

calls where officials are correct a high percentage of the time. Just because the<br />

rules say officials are permitted to go doesn’t mean they must go to the monitor.<br />

Major Officiating Concerns for Women<br />

Incidental Elbow Contact<br />

Officials are reminded that there can be incidental contact with the elbow above<br />

or below the shoulders and that not all elbow contact with the elbow is a foul<br />

regardless of where the elbow makes contact. Some incidental contact is being<br />

penalized improperly.<br />

Traveling<br />

Officials are reminded that not all spin moves are travels and that legal moves by<br />

the ball handler must be permitted. Good spin moves are erroneously being called<br />

travels. After establishing a pivot foot, that pivot foot may be lifted, but may not<br />

return to the floor before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal. The player<br />

should be given the benefit of the doubt when interpreting this move.<br />

Freedom of Movement<br />

The committee continues to be concerned with the excessive physicality and the<br />

lack of freedom of movement. Players must be permitted to move freely and<br />

without being held, pushed or rerouted.<br />

Pace of Play<br />

The committee and stakeholders in the game are concerned with the amount of<br />

stoppages that interrupt the flow and pace of the game. In order to increase the<br />

pace of play, officials are instructed to keep the game moving following timeouts,<br />

to permit incidental contact, permit legal moves by ball handlers and to use the<br />

monitor judiciously.

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