 DATE: In the beginning of the film, Coach Haskins is coaching a  girl’s basketball game. A standard 5 on 5 game is depicted, however  up through the 70s (and in some states 80s and even 90s) High School  Girls Basketball was played 9 to a team with the players assigned  specific zones that they could not leave at any time. This was also  the college rule until 1971.