As written in the 2025-26 NFHS Basketball Rules Book:
ART.1 … When a team does not make a thrower available, after a time-out (as in Rule 7-4-4) or the intermission between any quarter (as in Rule 6-2-3), the resumption-of-play procedure is used to prevent delay. The administering official will sound the whistle to indicate play will resume. In each situation:
a. The ball shall be put in play if Team A is ready or it shall be placed on the floor.
b. The throw-in count shall begin and if a violation occurs, the procedure will be repeated for Team B.
c. Following a violation by one team only, if that team continues to delay when authorized to make a throw-in, it is a technical foul.
d. Following a violation by both teams, any further delay by either team is a technical foul.
ART. 2 … After an out-of-bounds violation in either the front or the backcourt by either team as in 9-3, the throw-in shall be a designated spot nearest to where the ball went out of bounds.
ART. 3 … After a violation (9-1, 9-2, 9-4 through 9-13) by either team, a foul by either team before the bonus is in effect or any other stoppage in play, the throw-in location will be determined by the location of the violation/foul or the location of the ball when the stoppage occurs. If the throw-in is to be in the team’s frontcourt or backcourt, it shall be at either the nearest 28-foot mark along each sideline or the nearest spot 3-feet outside the lane line along the end line. (Diagram 5)
ART. 4 … Officials shall determine the designated spot by using the three-point line. If the stoppage of play occurs on or within the three-point line, the designated spot shall be the nearest point on the end line 3-feet outside the lane line. (See Number 1 on Diagram 5). If the stoppage occurs outside the three-point line, the designated spot shall be the nearest sideline at the 28-foot line. (See Number 2 on Diagram 5.)
ART. 5 … Designated out-of-bounds spot throw-in behind the backball shall be made from the nearest free-throw lane line extended.
ART. 6 … Designated out-of-bounds spot throw-in at the division line opposite the scorer’s and timer’s table:
a. After the technical foul, as in Rule 4-19-5, any player of the team to whom the free throws have been awarded shall make the throw-in.
b. For an alternating-possession throw-in to start the second, third and fourth quarters, any player from the team with the possession arrow shall make the throw-in.
ART. 7 … A throw-in anywhere along the end line after a goal or an awarded goal for basket interference or goaltending by a defensive player, as in Rule 9-12 Penalty 1, the team not credited with the score shall make a throw-in from the end of the court where the goal was made and from any point outside the end line, the officials shall signal such.
a. Any player of the team may make a direct throw-in or may pass the ball along the end line to a teammate(s) outside the boundary.
b. A team retains the privilege if the scoring team commits a violation of common foul (before the throw-in ends and before the bonus rule is in effect) and the ensuing throw-in spot would have been on the end line.
7-5-4: This rule change updates the procedure for determining the designated throw-in spot following a stoppage of play (not due to the ball going out of bounds) in the frontcourt. Instead of relying on an imaginary line, officials now use existing court markings, specifically the three-point line, to determine the location. This change improves accuracy, consistency, and clarity for officials by using visible floor markings rather than imaginary lines, which were often misjudged.
Rationale: By using the visible three-point line as the line of demarcation, officials will have a clearer and more consistent method for determining throw-in locations. This improves accuracy and reduces confusion, resulting in more reliable throw-ins.