Tournament Rules: Grades 1 & 2

Tournament Rules - Grades 1 & 2

OPTIONAL Season-end Skills Tournament Rules

GENERAL RULES

Team participation is optional
Minimum of 3 players needed for a team to participate
8 ft basket
4 team-oriented skills
Prizes for all players present for the top 2 teams with the most points in a session
In the event of a team tie at the end of tournament skills
- tied teams have 5 players shoot 1 free throw & best score wins

PLAYER PARTICIPATION

Players arriving late cannot make up skills already completed by his/her team
Number of turns per event depends on the largest team present. For example, if 4 teams are competing, 3 teams have 5 players, one has 6. Each event will have 6 turns (when appropriate for the event) and one person from each of the teams of 5 will have to go twice.

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SKILL #1 -- SPEED DRIBBLE LEFT HAND WITH BOUNCE PASS

Timed event – how long for all players to complete the course
- clock stops on last pass by last player when caught by next player at the starting line
Speed dribble LEFT hand
Length of playing court
Teams go 2 at a time
Passing cone set at Free Throw distance (1^st grade: 8 ft, 2^nd grade 10 ft)
COURSE
- Speed dribble LEFT to far cone (3/4 length of the court)
- Dribble around the cone
- Speed dribble LEFT back to a cone (1/4 length from start)
- BOUNCE pass to next teammate
INFRACTIONS – 1 second added to team time
- Player doesn’t dribble LEFT
- Player doesn’t go around the end cone
- Player doesn’t use a bounce pass
In case of a tie, head to head competition with 3 players per team

SKILL #2 -- SPEED DRIBBLE RIGHT HAND WITH CHEST PASS

Timed event – how long for all players to complete the course
- clock stops on last pass by last player when caught by next player at the starting line
Speed dribble RIGHT hand
Length of playing court
Teams go 2 at a time
Passing cone set at Free Throw distance (1^st grade: 8 ft, 2^nd grade 10 ft)
COURSE
- Speed dribble RIGHT to far cone (3/4 length of the court)
- Dribble around the cone
- Speed dribble RIGHT back to a cone (1/4 length from start)
- CHEST pass to next teammate
INFRACTIONS – 1 second added to team time
- Player doesn’t dribble RIGHT
- Player doesn’t go around the end cone
- Player doesn’t use a chest pass
In case of a tie, head to head competition with 3 players per team

SKILL #3 -- DRIBBLE WITH LAY-UP

Timed event – 1 minute – each hand (for total of 2 minutes)
- Players must stay in order, but can go multiple times
- Cone placed approximately ½ way down the court
- Next player in line can go once the player in front of them reaches the cone
- Get as many layups as possible
- Must speed dribble back to end of line to go again (i.e., no running with the ball)
Length of playing court
Each player has a ball
Dribble either hand
Teams go 2 at a time, at different baskets
Lay-up MUST hit the backboard to count
- Can shoot left or right handed
Rebound own shot – 1 shot only
Infractions – shot doesn’t count
- Player doesn’t start at the first cone
- Player doesn’t use the backboard
- Player doesn’t speed dribble back after shot

SKILL #4 -- FREE THROWS

Numbered shots – 2 shots per player per team
– 1^st grade: 8 ft, 2^nd grade 10 ft
Every player gets 1 warm-up shot
After all teams complete, if there is a tie…
- Tied Teams send 2 players for shoot off
- Each player gets 1 shot
- If still tied, continue shooting 1 shot until a winner
Each team gets equal number of shots

Non-team scoring event
All players can participate
Shots taken from foul line designated in free throws (1^st grade: 8 ft, 2^nd grade 10 ft)
Teams divided among 4 baskets for preliminary round one
Top 2 of preliminary round go to the final round

NOTE: Players can and will knock-out their own teammates.