(5-13-24) Over the years the rules for basketball have changed…the 1939 above TXitter video that features two games of college teams. The style of play is very team oriented…watch the set-shots, some from where the 3-point line is today. It is more of a rugged game….but over that time span basketball did develop.

Today’s game has drastically changed, even with the same goal remaining in place…put the ball in the hoop.

Every year seems to see the NFHS and state high school association ‘tinker’ with the rules.

During the pandemic…only Kentucky used it for a short period of time-

This past season—-

This season 12 changes were approved by the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee.

NFHS addressed the following rule-Faking being fouled is defined in Rule 4-49-1 as when a player simulates being fouled or makes theatrical or exaggerated movements when there is no illegal contact. Examples include, but are not limited to, embellishing the impact of incidental contact on block/charge plays or field goal attempts, using a “head bob” to simulate illegal contact and using any tactic to create an opinion of being fouled to gain an advantage.

The new language also establishes a procedure for officials to issue a team warning on the first instance of faking being fouled. The warning is recorded in the scorebook and reported to the head coach. Any additional instances will result in a team technical foul and not a player technical foul, which was previously the case.

Would James Naismith even recognize the game he created that started with ‘peach baskets‘?

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