• Game length: 50 minutes; games start on the hour.
• Periods: Four (4) 10-minute quarters (running clock).
• Halftime: 2 minutes.
• Substitutions: Every 5 minutes in all divisions; only at these marks (except for injuries).
• Clock stoppages: Timeouts; all whistles in the last 4 minutes (Ages 5–8 run continuously).
• Overtime: 4-minute running clock (stops for foul shots).
  • Regular season: one OT max (ties allowed).
  • Playoffs: continue until a winner.
  • Substitutions required at the 2-minute mark of each OT.

• 3 timeouts per game; no more than 2 per half.
• Each timeout lasts 60 seconds.

Minimum and maximum playing times are based on active roster size.

Late arrivals: Arrive before Q2 → still play 20 minutes. Arrive after Q2 starts → play at least 10 minutes.

A team forfeits if it has fewer than 5 players by the start of Q2. The game may still be played, but the forfeit is recorded.

Ages 5–8

• Defense remains in a 2–3 zone (floor dots) until a shot is taken.
• If defense rebounds: offense transitions to defense.
• If offense rebounds: switch to man-to-man (no double-teaming).
• No stealing off the dribble

Grades 3–4

• No full-court press.
• Man-to-man within the 3-point arc (no double-teaming).
• Defense not required to extend beyond 5 feet outside the perimeter.
• Last 2 minutes: defense may extend beyond the arc to prevent stalling.
• No double-teaming except in the paint.
• No stealing off the dribble

Grades 5–6

• No full-court press except in the last 2 minutes.
• Defense style is coach’s choice.
• No double-teaming except in the paint.

Grades 7–12

• Any defense allowed; full-court press allowed at any time.

• 5 personal fouls per player (fouls out on 5th).
• Team fouls: 10 per half; Grades 3–12 shoot two FTs at 10; reset at halftime; second-half fouls carry into OT.
• 3-point shots count for Grades 5–12 only.
• FT line: 15 ft standard; Grades 3–4 use a closer line.
• No stealing off the dribble for Ages 5–8 & Grades 3–4.

• Official scorebook is final unless overruled by a referee + scorekeeper majority.
• Tech foul → suspended for rest of that game and the next.
• Second tech in a subsequent game → removal from the league for the season.

Only LAA-provided basketballs are allowed in the gym during games.