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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
As for the physical possibility, just draw a 36 inch wide box, then move toward the left side. Ultimately, your left foot leaves the box and your right foot is on the left edge.
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But that's not what you wrote. You wrote, "If the player
STARTS with his right foot on the left edge of the designated spot, then a movement left moves him off the spot." That's what didn't make sense.
As for where the spot is, I'm of the opinion that the player creates his own spot within the area designated by the official. I do not believe the thrower necessarily starts at the center of the spot. For example:
A player starts with his feet two feet apart. If he moves to his right, as long as his left foot doesn't move more than three feet from where it originally started, he's still over the spot with his left foot. Now, he hasn't moved more than three feet from where he originally was, so how can he have violated? Now, if he moved back to his left, and his right foot moved to a point beyond where his left foot was initially, he would have left the spot that he created.
Perhaps that's more of a philosophy as opposed to a technical interpretation of the rule, but that's how I call it.