• Each team may have up to four (4) players on their roster and be registered as a team. Additions and/or changes on rosters are permitted up to the day of the event.

• Players should register for their appropriate age group based on their date of birth as of the tournament.

SKILL LEVEL

Players must provide information regarding their skill level during online registration based on the following:

Recreational (playing for fun), Private School (student attendance at a school in the VISAA league or home school), Public School (student attendance in the public school system),AAU (experience playing on travel teams).

SPECIAL NOTE: Every effort will be made to place teams in their appropriate category. ERA Performance will change or combine age categories only when not enough teams have entered to complete an age division. In a few instances, ERA Performance may create a division within divisions.

• All games may start and be completed with three players per team on the court.

• Both teams will warm-up at the same time prior to the start of the game.

• Only those teams scheduled to play are allowed to occupy the court at the scheduled time.

• Teams must be at their court at the scheduled game time, even if games are “running behind” for any reason (overtime, slow play, etc...). Game time is forfeit time.

• No dunking allowed – warm ups or games. Any individual observed dunking on any basket at any time may be dismissed from the tournament.

• A field goal is worth 1 point.

• A successful goal from behind a designated line (approximately 19’9”) is worth 2 points. The player shooting must have both feet completely behind the line when initiating the attempt.

• All games will have a 8-minute time limit or first to 13. (The “clock” will be stopped only during timeouts – regular and/or injury.) The team leading at the end of 8 minutes will be declared the winner.

• If the game is tied after 8 minutes of play and no team has reached the required number of points to win the game, the Game Official will flip a coin to determine team possession. The first team to score will win the game.

• Each team is allowed one (1) 30 second time-out per game.

• If play is stopped by a teammate or a Game Official to attend to an obvious injury, then the injured player must sit out at least until the next dead ball.

• Player substitution is permitted during any dead ball situation.

• All jump balls go to the defensive team.

• The ball must be “taken back” to the marked line on the court on every change of possession. “Taking back” means both feet and the ball behind the take back line. Violation occurs only if a basket is made by the team failing to properly “take it back”, and will result in loss of point scored and possession of the ball will go to the other team. If the ball is not “taken back” and then advanced, any other violation, common foul, offensive foul, intentional, flagrant or technical foul called by the official will be honored. Exception: If a player is fouled in the act of shooting and makes the basket prior to properly “taking it back”, the foul will be honored; however, no points will be awarded.

• After all successful shots, the ball must be checked by the defense and passed in by the offense.

All Shooting fouls will be handled in the following manner:

• When the basket is made – whether the ensuing free throw is made or missed, possession goes to the defensive team.

• When the basket is missed – whether the ensuing free throw is made or missed, possession goes to the defensive team.

NOTE:

One (1) free throw will be awarded to the fouled player, even if fouled in the act of attempting a shot from behind the 2-point line.

• Non-shooting fouls – on or after the 7th team foul – will result in a free throw.

• The Game Official will call all fouls and violations.

• One (1) Game Official assigned per court.

• The Game Official has absolute authority to control play on his or her court, including the right to ‘sit’ a player for a period of time, eject a player(s) from a game or games, and/or eject a player(s) from the tournament. Higher authority cannot change the judgment decisions of the Game Official. Only questions concerning rule interpretation are appealable. (NOTE: Even though it is not required, ERA suggests that the Game Official check with the Court Monitor or a ERA Staff member regarding ejection of a player from a tournament.)

The Game Official may assess a technical foul for any misconduct, flagrant, or intentional fouls committed by a player(s).This may include:

• A Contact Foul intended to hurt an opponent, fan, or Game Official.

• Vulgar or verbally abusive behavior.

• Other misconduct deemed inappropriate by the Game Official (e.g. intentionally kicking the ball, etc....).

• A contact foul designed to neutralize an opponent’s obvious advantageous position.

• Fighting and/or ‘Throwing a Punch’ automatically results in a Technical Foul assessed against the players(s) involved.

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• A Technical Foul will be counted as a Personal Foul and Team Foul.

• Continuous misconduct, intentional and or flagrant fouling by a team or player may result in dismissal from the game or tournament at the discretion of the Game Official or other Tournament Official.

• Any player ejected from a ERA Performance event t for misconduct, intentional and/or flagrant fouling, fighting or throwing a punch, will be automatically banned from participation in future for a period of one (1) year with no refund.

• Misconduct by a player and/or team while playing in their final game of the tournament or after already being eliminated from competition in the tournament, and/or while acting as a ‘spectator’ at another game(s), may jeopardize that player and/or team from further participation in that tournament and/or future ERA Performance events, at the discretion of tournament officials.