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Old Fri Jan 23, 2026, 03:45pm
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
Don't we have "Designated Throw-in Spots" for out of bounds violations?

While I agree that "Magic Spots" is not a great way to describe such "Spots" for non-out of bounds throwins, what words should we use to differentiate "Designated Throw-in Spots" for out of bounds violations from "Designated Throw-in Spots" for other violations and fouls without using the long description of "the nearest twenty-eight-feet mark along each sideline or the nearest spot three-feet outside the lane line on the end line"?

Billy:

Peter Webb said that there are no Spot Throw-ins but that there are: i) Designated Spot Throw-ins (which can be on either an End Line or a Side Line) and ii) Non-Designated Spot Throw-ins (which can be only on the End Line). Throw-ins take place either at: i) a Designated Spot on the End Line or the Side Line or ii) anywhere along the End Line.

I re-read your question and realize that my term, Designated Throw-in Spot, for the eight “magic spots”, needs to be tweaked.

The eight “magic spots” are only for Designated Spot Throw-ins. And the best new term that I can create is: Designated Spot Throw-in Spot. I agree that it is not very elegant but it really does accurately define one of the eight “magic spots.

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