Basketball Scrimmage Formats

These are the two legal basketball scrimmage formats specified by the IHSAA. I'm not sure which one we will use (it may even be one for the boys and the other for the girls), so I'll list them both. For the girls scrimmage, the format will be announced over the P.A. system at the beginning of each quarter.

Option 1

• 15 minute warm-up session
• 4 -- 15 minute quarters with running clock
• each team allowed one time out (with clock stopped) during each of the four quarters
• 5 minutes between quarters for drink and rest.
• No free throws will be shot.
• Score will be kept but will start over each quarter.
• Substitution at any time during a dead ball.

• 1st Quarter: Play half court man-to-man defense only. (No full court defense!)
• 2nd Quarter: Play half court zone defense and/or switching defenses. (No full court defense!)
• 3rd Quarter: Full court defense is allowed. A consensus with both coaches is required.
• 4th Quarter: Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)

Option 2

• 15 minute warm-up
• 5 -- 12 minute "quarters"
• Each team allowed one time out (with clock stopped) during each of the five "quarters"
• Running clock for the first eleven minutes of each "quarter"
• No free throws during the first eleven minutes of each "quarter"
• During the last minute of each "quarter" the clock would stop, free throws would be shot (both teams designated as in the 1-and-1)
• 4 minutes between quarters for rest and drink
• Score will be kept but will start over each "quarter".
• Substitution at any time during a dead ball.

• 1st "Quarter": Play half court man-to-man defense only. (No full court defense!)
• 2nd "Quarter": Play half court zone defense and/or switching defenses. (No full court defense!)
• 3rd "Quarter": Full court defense is allowed. A consensus with both coaches is required.
• 4th "Quarter": Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)
• 5th "Quarter": Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)
• One of the five "quarters" must be used as a "Second String" "quarter." This "quarter" should be agreed upon by the coaches before the scrimmage.