I struggled with this four “magic spots" rule last season (now in both the frontcourt and the backcourt).
Old dog, new tricks.
I’m hoping I can do better this coming season.
Of course, it would be easier if the schools put the proper lines on the courts (it may take several years for these lines to show up on my middle school courts).
And it didn't help that I had several partners who didn't give a damn about the new throwin spot rules.
Best “rules of thumb” I can figure out:
1) All whistles except out of bounds calls go to the “magic spots" (above situation was a throwin violation, not an out of bounds violation).
2) Only one exception, whistle for timeout during a throwin goes back to the original throwin spot, be it for an original out of bounds call, or otherwise.
3) All backcourt violation whistles, on the division line, or over the division line, go to the new frontcourt “magic spot”.
Is that it?
Is it really that simple?
Wish me luck, and maybe some better partners who give a damn.
Any chance that sometime down the line all throwins will be from “magic spots”?