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Answer the following.
Explain the Five Second Rule and the Eight Second Rule.
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AI(i) Five second rule: a player who is closely guarded and holding the ball in the court must pass, shoot or dribble within 5 seconds, otherwise it is a violation. Likewise, a player taking a throw-in must release the ball within 5 seconds.
(ii) Eight second rule: the team which gains control of the ball in its own back court must take the ball into its front court within 8 seconds, otherwise it is a violation.
From ISC 2020 Physical Education Paper 1, question 11(c).