Whitehall’s Jeff Jones doesn’t’ like it, while Northampton’s Matt Scholl and Catasauqua’s Eric Snyder are still undecided.

All three local boys’ basketball coaches offered their opinion on the PIAA’s recent elimination of the traditional one-and-one for the upcoming season. Previously, the one-and-one penalty bonus came into play when a team achieved more than seven team fouls. They would shoot two fouls when they reached 10 team fouls.

Under the new arrangement for next year, team fouls will be reset after every quarter, and a team will shoot two foul shots when they reach five fouls. Most states across the country have adopted the new rule.

Jones sees the rule possibly slowing the flow of the game.

“I’m generally opposed to the new rule,” said Jones, who guided the Zephyrs’ program since 2007. “Eliminating the pressure of a one-and-one I don’t think is good for the game.

“Making a comeback for the team that is behind likely will be a little more difficult. Also, if you aren’t at five fouls, you are going to see teams at the end of each quarter wasting fouls to prevent a final look at the end of each quarter.”

Scholl is still tentative about the ruling.

“Right now, I am taking a wait-and-see approach,” said the second-year coach. “It will definitely have an impact on the game, especially how the end of quarters and the end of games are managed.

“Since I started playing and coaching basketball, I’ve only ever done so with the one-and-one in place. This is a change after doing something one way for 35-plus years after I started playing basketball, so, obviously, I have some doubts about it.

“In the end, both teams have to play by the rule though, so we will start analyzing data once the season starts and adjust as necessary, as I’m sure most coaches will do as well. We often talk to our players about being flexible and adapting with change. Coaches will have to do the same this year.”

Snyder, who began at Catty in 1992, also wants some time to evaluate.

“I don’t know at this point,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see. I think it could go either way.

“Any team will have to make their foul shots. It will change some strategies, and also easily can lengthen the game.”