THROWBALL RULES
RULES OF THROWBALL
| 1. | The playing court for:- Sub Junior : 15.30 Mtrs X 9.20 Mtrs. Junior : 18.30 Mtrs X 12.20 Mtrs. Senior : 18.30 Mtrs X 12.20 Mtrs. |
| 2. | The height of the net is 2.2 metres (7.22 ft). The ball is similar to a volleyball but may be slightly larger. While in volleyball the ball is hit or volleyed throughout play, in throwball the ball is thrown over the net, where a member of the other team tries to catch the ball and quickly throw it back across the net. |
| 3. | An official game is played between two teams of nine players. A maximum of five substitute players is allowed for each team, which can make a maximum of five substitutions during a set. A team can take two time-outs of 30 seconds each during a set. The first team to score 15 points wins a set. A match is three sets. |
| 4. | Service is within five seconds after the referee whistles and is done from the service zone, without crossing the end line. A player cannot jump while serving the ball. The service ball must not touch the net. Double touch is not allowed for receiving the service ball and players stay in 3-3-3 position during the serve. |
| 5. | During a rally, the ball must be caught at once with both hands, without any sound or movement of the ball within the hands (dubs) and the player should have contact with the ground. |
| 6. | Two players are not allowed to catch the ball simultaneously. The ball is thrown within three seconds after being caught, only from above the shoulder-line and only with one hand. A player can jump when throwing the ball, which can touch the net (but not the antenna). The player should have contact with the ground when catching the ball. |
| 7. | However, the ball is not touched with any part of the body other than the palm when catching or throwing (body touch). The ball can neither be shifted (passed) to the left or right, nor deliberately pushed. |
 THE GAME OF THROWBALL SHOULD BE
GOVERNED AND PLAYED UNDER THE FOLLOWING RULES
RULE-1 AGE
i. Age group a) Sub Junior
: Boys & Girls Under 14 years
of age on the last date of
the year i.e., 31st December
b)
Junior : Boys & Girls Under 17 years of age on the
last date of
the year i.e., 31st December
c) Senior
: Boys & Girls Under 19 years
of age on the last date of
the year i.e., 31st December
RULE-2 GROUND : i. Play Field a) Sub Junior
: 15.30 Mtrs X 9.20 Mtrs. b)
Junior : 18.30 Mtrs X 12.20 Mtrs. c) Senior
: 18.30 Mtrs X 12.20 Mtrs.
ii. Boundary The lines
of all the
four sides of
the play field
are known as the boundaries AB,
BC, CD, DA all the
lines will be
maximum of 5cms thick and
form the part of the play field.
iii. End Line The
parallel line marked, measuring 12.20 mtrs. is end line that is AB & CD
for Seniors, Juniors and 9.20 Mtrs. for Sub Juniors.
iv. Service Area End line
of the court
i.e., anywhere from
line AB or CD of
their respective court. v. Box line, Box Zone Box line
shall be marked
1 mtr. each
side of the
court from the centre of
the court, no
need to mark
centre line. The
area between both the
box line is called box zone. vi. Substitute Area It is near
to the Referee stand & away from the side line (1 mt). Both side by
marking 15 cm dot line. vii. Substitute Bench It is
between the side line and substitute area measuring 1mtr X 2 mtr viii. Free Zone area There shall
be 3 mtrs.
Free zone area
all around the
boundaries of the play
field (Fig.1) RULE-3 :
EQUIPMENTS i. Pole a) The poles die shall be in between 8 cms to 10
cms and the height of
pole shall measure
from the playing surface.
The poles should be made of
metal and must be painted in white colour.
b) The
pole should be fixed in the ground exactly at the center of the court with
a distance of 0.50 mtrs. Away from the side lines of the court on
either side. c) There should be metal pully on top of the
pole to tie the net. ii. Net 1) The net
shall be made up of either cotton or nylon with the length of 12.2
mtrs and 1 mtr width. 2) Size of
the mesh (Square) shall be 10 cms X 10 cms
3) The
thickness of the ribbon shall be 5 cms thick at the top and the bottom of
the net in
full length size
and cord runs
through it to support
the net.
4) Net height from the centre a.
Sub-Junior - 2 Mts. b.
Junior - 2.10 Mts.
c.
Senior - 2.30 Mts.
iii. The Ball
a) The ball must be spherical in shape and the
outer side shall be leather
or Rubber. b)
The size
of the ball
shall be measured
when inflated between 70
cms to 72 cms in circumference, and the ball weight should be
400 grams to 450 grams. c) Only
balls marked with
the official TFI
logo will be
allowed in the tournaments.
In case of
unavailability of TFI
balls then it may
be used with the approval of the technical committee and the organizing
committee. The ball
may be changed
only for reasons
of necessity if deflated or lost. iv. Antenna
a) Antenna
shall be fixed
on either side
of the net
exactly on side lines. b)
Two tapes of 5 cms width should be tied on the either side of the net. The
antenna shall be
1.80 Mtrs. Long
with diameter of 10 mm
& should be made of cane or fibre. c) It should be projected 80cms above the
net. RULE-4
: PLAYERS i. A Team shall consist of 9 players and 3
substitutions. ii. A
match shall not
consider valid if
there are less
than 7 players
in either
extra player‟s box. iii. Any
player can substitute among 12 players
at any time
during the play. iv. 5 Substitutions are maximum permitted per
team per set. v. Name of the players should be entered in the
score sheet along with their respective
chest numbers before
the commencement
of the match. Only players who have been entered in the
score sheet are eligible to play or substitute.
vi. Player must wear proper uniform bearing chest
number from 1 to12 numbers and
shall be printed
with 20Cms X
10cms at back,
and 5 Cms
X 2.5 Cms at front side. vii. Players must follow the rules and regulations
as prescribed. viii. A player violating the sportsmanship or rules
and regulations. It will be taken
seriously on the
report submitted by
the referee and
the matter
will be deal under Rule 10 by technical committee. RULE-5
: HOW TO PLAY i. The team wins the toss shall have the choice
of the court or service ii. There shall be 9 players in each side and
must stand in the order of position
in the line as per standing order mentioned below. Standing order : 1 ____________2 ___________3 4 ____________5 ___________6 7 ____________ 8 ___________9 After
the starting of
the game, the
same rotation position
must be maintained
throughout the set. iii. The
rotation of the
position of players
should be in
“Z” form i.e., after
the service change the player standing in No. 9 position will go to
No.1 position, No. 1 to No. 2 to No. 3 position and so on. iv. After the set ends, service must be taken by
a team of the opposite side
to that of the team who started the set.
v. The player standing in position No.9 shall
make the position to serve the
ball from outside the end line. vi. A
player should serve
the ball by
palm within 5
seconds after the whistle
of the referee without touching the end line. vii. The server should not enter the court before
ball crosses the net. viii. The
ball shall be
served using the
palm and ball
should not touch any
part of the body,
by using any of
the skill above
the shoulder level
in one course of action. ix. The player should serve or throw the ball to
the opponent‟s court in any
one hand. x. A
player should serve
or throw by
using the antenna
limit during the service or in play.
xi. The ball must be thrown by the player from
the shoulder and above level
only. Player receiving the ball at below over head level should bring
it to shoulder level and throw in course of one action only. xii. A player can‟t take more than one step in a
position. A player after receiving the
ball is permitted
only one step
forward or backward after
the jump. xiii. A
player may catch
the ball with
both hands but should
return the ball
with one hand without touching any part of the body. xiv. If
a ball slipped
or rebounds unintentionally from
the hands of any
one player,
another player can
catch the ball
and return to the
opposite
court before the ball touches the ground. The same player cannot
catch the ball for the second time. xv. A player while receiving or returning the
ball to the opponent court, no
part of the body should touch the box line.
xvi. Shifting:
Player shifting the
ball from right
side to left
side or left side
to right side during play is called Shifting xvii. Spot
jump is allowed
while throwing the
ball to the
opponent court after
stepping jump is not allowed. xviii. Jump service is allowed. But player should
not enter the court before ball
crossing the net. xix. After
receiving the ball
if a player crosses the
side line or
end line that
is allowed. xx. At the time of service the remaining players
of both the team should stand
on their own position. xxi. Change
of position of
players is allowed
once the ball
is released from
the servicing player hand. But the
player should occupy their original
position once the rally is completed. xxii. At
the time of
service carrying the
ball below the
hip level is not
allowed. xxiii. During the play, a player can receive the
ball even in the court/side line
or end line cross will be allowed,(but not out side free zone line). RULE-6:
FOULS i. Juggling
: Ball slipping
in hands at
the time of receiving ii. Double contact: Ball while in play received
by a player which bounced in
his or her hands for two times is called double contact. When the player
receiving the ball on high over head is also double contact. iii. Dead ball: Any ball
that touches the
ground in the
free zone box is
called
as Dead Ball and point will be given to opponent team. iv. Ball in: Any ball that falls on the line is
good whether in service or in play.
v. Body
Touch: While throwing/returning/receiving the
ball should not touch
any part of the body. vi. Delay:
A player should
not keep the
ball not more
than 3 seconds and
should not rest in the hands during the game.
vii. A
ball rebounding or
bouncing from the
net can be
received by another
player is not a foul but intentionally throwing the ball to the net
is a foul. viii. If
any obstacle, disturbance
occurs while playing
or serving and referee
feels the same, each has to consider common to both teams and
re-service shall be given. ix. The
service ball touches
the net and
antenna will be
considered as foul
and side over should be given. x. While in play the ball falls on the box line
is foul. xi. Movement: After receiving the ball, if a
player takes one step forward or
backward is considered as good, player should not take more than one
step is foul. xii. Clash: Catching the
ball simultaneously by two or more players
is a clashing
and it is a foul. xiii. Ball failing in BOX Zone is foul xiv. Jump
and receiving the
ball is not
allowed. But jump
and throwing the
ball is allowed. RULE-7
SCORING i. Each set of match is consisting of 15 points ii. In
the best of
5 sets if
both teams won 2 sets
each on the 5th
deciding set
the court has to change
on 8th point
with the same rotation
order. iii. In the best of 3 sets if both teams won 1 set
each on the 3rd deciding set
the court has to change on 8th point with the same rotation order. iv. A match is won
by the team that
gains 2nd sets out of 3 sets, that gains 3
sets out of
5 sets in
accordance with the
need of the organizing
committee. v. In
case of 14
all, the play
is continued until
two congestive points lead
gained by a team. vi. After
16 all, the
team scoring the
17th points wins the
set with only one
point of lead. RULE-8
SUBSTITUTIONS i. Substitution is the
act by which the referee authorizes the player to leave the
court and another
player to occupy
the same order position. ii. Substitution
must be done
from the specified
substitution area with the
permission of the referee and umpire. iii. Five substitutions is maximum permitted per
team per set. iv. Substitution will be allowed when the ball is
dead. v. A player can be re-substituted in the same
set. vi. No substitution in 9th position (service
Position). vii. After
the five substitutions, if
any player got
hurt/injury the remaining
players have to continue up to 7 players.
RULE-9
TIME OUT i. Each
team may call
for time-outs in
a set at any time
for rest and discussion. ii. Duration of every time out will be of 30
seconds iii. Coach
may call for
time out. In
the absence of
coach, captain may call
for it. iv. To
demand time out
authorized person (as
per rule 9
(iii) showing signal
to the referee then referee will allow for time out. v. During
the time out
players are not
allowed to leave
the ground without
permission of the referee. vi. Referee may call official/ technical time out
if required. vii. The time out will be allowed when the ball is
dead. viii. There are two time out‟s for officials during
each set. RULE -10 MIS CONDUCT i. Persistently addressing the officials in
regard to the decision ii. Making derogatory remarks about the
officials iii. Act
derogatory or unpleasant
action leading to
influence their decision. iv. Make personal or derogatory remarks to the
opponents. v. Pointing
out by a
player for demanding
decision, to the
referee or umpire. vi. No
coaching from outside
ordains, Substitute players,
and other officials.
vii. Leaving
the court without
permission of the
referee, umpire during the
play and during time-out is considered as mis conduct. viii. No
player shall appeal the referee during the course
of play except the
captain. ix. Player shall not disturb other player by
unnecessary shouting during the
play. x. Rule
violating, talking, uneven
jumping, leading to
injuries to the opponent
players and officials. xi. Deliberate coaching during the game by team
mates from outside of the
court is not allowed. xii. Doping
(Drugs) by player and
officials will not be permitted and will not
be allowed to take part in the matches & tournaments also. RULE-11
: PUNISHMENT i. If any kind of misconduct as mentioned under
rule 10 is exhibited by managers,
coaches any players shall be punished as under.
a) Will be debarred from the set, match or
tournament b)
Players and officials
may be banned
to participate for
unlimited period.
c) During
the set/game if
miss conduct occurs
by officials and players, referee
will deal the
matter by showing
yellow and red card
as he deems applicable. d)
Yellow card- participant/s
who is violating
the rules and misconducts, during
the game shall
be warned with
the yellow card
as warning. e) Red card-Participant/s who is committing the
mistake repeatedly, violating
the rule 10 and exhibit any type of mis behavior which is not tolerable
will be shown
red card and
will not be
allowed to participate
in same match and also for another one official match next
to this one. f) While gross violation of sportsmanship the
referee has the power to
warn, declare technical point to the opponent team or disqualify from
particular set or the match.
RULE-12
: PROTEST No protests will be entertained on referee‟s
decision. i. Protest will be referred to the technical
committee if there are other factors, a
protest will be
accepted when lodged
by the manager, coach
or captain of the
team with in an hour after
the game with a
fee
prescribed by the organizer. ii. The protest fee is not refundable in any
case RULE-13
: MATCH OFFICIALS There shall
be 6 match
officials as one
referee and one
umpire, one scorer and
one assistant scorer,
two lines man.
The referee board chairman
will depute the officials for every match.
i. Officials Uniform and Equipments a) Officials
shall act only
in the specified
uniform and essential equipments. b)
Specified Uniform. c) Specified Equipments. Each officials must have one whistle, one set
of indicator cards (YELLOW
AND RED), A pen and A packet dairy. Size of the cards shall be 5 X 8 cms and
rectangular shape. ii. Duties of the referee a) Referees shall be solely responsible for conducting
the match with assistance
from other officials. b)
Checkup with the
help of other
match officials before commencement of
the match, about
the condition of
the court, poles, net,
balls etc., and
observe all players
or participants of that
particular match. c) Referee shall call both captains for toss of
the coin and decide the service side
or the court
as per decision
of the toss
winning captain. d)
Giving signal according to the fouls . e) Announce
the substitutions and
replacement of players.
f) Announce the time-out taken by the team. g)
Declare the match result. h)
Give decision according to the Rules of the play till the game ends. i) The
referee will deal
all disputes during
the course of
the game/ his
power continues from the start of the game to the end of the game. iii. Duties of Umpire a) Umpire will assist the referee. The decision
of referee will be final. b)
Checkup the rotation order at start and during the play. c) Checkup
the chest numbers
and observe the
rotation orders, if rotation
is not followed he should inform the referee.
d)
He/She shall conduct the match and give assistance to the referee according
to the rules of the play till the game is over. e) Umpire shall also observe the ball in or out
on the respective side line. f) Umpire can also give signal for time-out and
substitution. iv. Duties of Scorer and Assistant Scorer : a) The
scorer should check
sheet and ensure
the entry of the name
of players
with the chest number. b)
All the
points scored should
be announced and
enter in their respective
side on the score sheet. c) Complete
the score sheet
and get it
duly signed by
the captain. Referee
and umpire. d)
Time-out substitution warning
and punishment exercised
by the referee
clearly entered in the score sheet. e) Assistant scorer will assist the score in all
scorers duties. f) Assistant scorer will be maintain the open
score board. g)
Keep and
note in the
score sheet at
beginning and end,
time outs, substitutions, the
teams scoring the
first points in
the game. Extra points
awarded by the referee. v. Duties of the lines men : a) There will be two lines men in a match. b)
The lines men
on each end of
the court shall
observe the ball
in or out of the
respective end lines
and sidelines of the
field. Only if the referee
needs they can indicate their observations. RULE-14
: KIT OF THE PLAYERS The players shall wear a jersey, half
pant or skirt and sports shoes (Little without
heels) in rubber
or leather. It
is forbidden player
to wear
headgear or any articles like jewels, pins, etc., and all metallic objects
which cause injury during the play.
RULE
-15 : ABANDONED OF THE MATCH i) In
case of failure
of light heavy
rains or any
natural calamities or disturbances
in such cases if a match may not be completed, after 3
hours such match shall be replayed. ii) The
temporary suspended set
shall be continued
with the same score.
iii) The temporary suspension the player will
not leave their respective court
without the permission of the referee. iv) The period the temporary suspension shall not
exceed more than 3
hours. v) During
the temporary suspension
the player will
not leave their respective
court without the permission of the referee.
vi) Before
executing the decision
the referee must
consult with the organizing
committee, technical committee. vii)
Same match officials will supervise the abandoned match. viii)
Same players should play the abandoned match.
ix) In
case same match
officials are not
available to supervise
the abandoned match
due to any
reason the chief
referee or the referee‟s board
have the power
to change and
depute another officials. Technical
Committee i) Technical Committee will be formed by the TFI ii) The
technical committee or
jury of appeal
will consider the seriousness of
the remarks of
offense reported by
match referee / match
officials and impose the punishments. iii) The
technical committee will
check all the
paper documents and eligibility forms
of the player
in sub-junior, junior
and senior tournaments
iv) The technical committee will check the ground
markings, net height, balls,
scorer table and observe all official matches. v) v) Draw the fixtures of the tournament. REFEREES BOARD Referees
board will be formed by the TFI. It consists of 5 members with secretary
General as Ex-Official member. The board will keep the panel of referees
up to date
and referee‟s boards
will depute officials
and appoint
a chief referee for the particular tournament.
All referees
must wear uniform
prescribed by Throwball
federation of India, during
the official game.
The board will
conduct referee‟s clinic and examination,
theoretical and practical
with the permission
of TFI, when
or if required. There
will be three grades for the referee according to their qualification Education
Qualification : D.P.Ed, B.P.Ed, M.P.Ed, (P.E.T , P.E.I , P.E.D) 1)
Grade A
: National and International
matches 2)
Grade B
: State and university level
matches 3)
Grade C
: District and below district
level matches OFFICIAL
TERMS 1. Point
- Scoring. 2. Side Out
- Change of service. 3. Net Service
- Service touching net. 4. Time out
- Allowable pause for rest or
substitution. 5. Outside the antenna- Service passing outside net markers or Touching
the antenna. 6. Dead ball
- After „point‟ side out of other
decisions temporarily
suspending the game. 7. Out
- Ball touching ground outside
the court. 8. Good
- Ball striking ground in
court. 9. Double contact - Ball
touching a player two times or rolling long
a part of his body. 10.
Juggling - Ball slipping in hands at the time of
receiving. 11.
Wrist touch - For throwing the ball taking holding with
wrist Support. 12.
Ball carry - Ball lifted palm facing upwards. 13.
Line crossing - Box zone line crossing, serves line crossing.
14.
Clash - catching the ball simultaneously by more
then one player. 15.
Line touch - At the time of service server touches
end Lines.
16.
Movement - Player should take the more than one step
is Foul.
17.
Shifting - Player shifting the ball from right side to
left side or left side to right side. 18.
Delay - Ball holds for more than 3 seconds at Rally Time, service time after whistle ball
holds for more than 5 seconds. The Serving team wins a point when: 1. The ball touches the ground inside the
opponents court. 2. Opponent holds or lifts the ball with palm
upwards. 3. Opponents hold the ball more than 3 seconds
(delay). 4. The ball has touched the opponents body. 5. An opponent touches the ball two consecutive
times. 6. An opponent touches Box Zone or line. 7. A return ball crosses or touches the net
outside the antenna determining
the width of the court. 8. An opponent player fails to send the ball at
shoulder level. 9. An opponent player taking wrist support for
sending the ball. 10.
Ball Zigling in the opponent player hands at the time of holding. 11.
A return ball goes out of court, passes under the net, touches an object
outside the court. 12. An opponent receives a personal warning. 13.
After warning from the referees have received by their manager, coaches
or players, deliberately coaches during the game. 14.
Opponents delay the game in a persistent manner. 15.
Opponents illegally replace a player. 16.
Opponents prolong the interruption of the game for more than half a minute. 17.
Player shifting the ball. 18.
Server at the time of service after the referee blows the whistle server
dribbling the ball on the ground. 19. Server takes more than 5 seconds for service
after the referee‟s whistle.  | |
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