B asketball · Part 5

e.g., manager, doctor, physiotherapist, trainer, statistician, interpreter, etc., besides a coach and, if a team wishes, it can have an assistant coach also. Player’s positions are given in the diagram below. Fig. . : Players, position (right), attack, defence (left) Opponents’ Own Basket The basket that is attacked by a team is the opponents’ basket and the basket which is defended by a team is one’s own basket. Uniforms The ‘All-in-ones’ uniform of the team members shall consist of—Jersey of the same dominant colour on the front and back and numbered on the front and back atleast cm high in front and cm high in back with atleast cm width. All players must tuck their Jersey into their playing shorts. Shorts end above the knee, of the same dominant colour at front and back, but not necessarily of the same colour as the jersey. Socks of the same dominant colour for all players of the team. Teams must have a minimum of two sets of jersey (light/dark). Chest number will be from to or . Officials, table officials and commissioner The officials shall be a referee and or umpire(s). They shall be assisted by the table officials and by a commissioner, if present. The table officials shall be a scorer, an assistant scorer, a timer and a shot clock operator. Different signals are used to run the game by officials. Each foul and goal shall be mentioned in the scoresheet. Playing time, tied score and extra periods The game shall consist of periods of minutes each. There shall be intervals of minutes between the first and second quarter (first half), between the third and fourth period (second half) and before each extra period. There shall be a half-time interval of play of minutes. If the score is tied at the end of playing time for the fourth period, the game shall continue with as many extra periods of minutes as is necessary to break the tie. Beginning and end of a period or the game The first period