Prep basketball drops 1-and-1 free throws
Last spring, the National Federation of State High School Associations struck the traditional one-and-one foul shots from its basketball rule books. The move was made to speed up games and eliminate rough play during the first foul shot.
Previously, a seventh foul in the half of a high school game meant that the other team got a bonus opportunity at the free throw line for common and non-shooting fouls. The shooter, if they made one foul shot, would get another. The new rule, which comes from college women’s basketball, eliminates one-shot free throws.
Teams will now be limited to five fouls per quarter before the bonus is awarded. A sixth foul will send a shooter to the foul line for two shots. The foul count is reset at the start of each quarter.
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