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Old Sat Dec 09, 2017, 06:51am
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Airborne Shooter ...

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Originally Posted by bucky View Post
Why does someone have to release the ball to be considered shooting?
They don't, but they do have to release the ball to be considered to be an airborne shooter, which impacts contact rulings after the ball otherwise becomes dead.

An airborne shooter is a player who has released the ball on a try
for a goal or has tapped the ball and has not returned to the floor.
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