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Originally posted by One-Whistle
Playing devil's advocate...
How would you explain this ruling to Coach B? Is A1 legitimately a "shooter" if he releases a ball from a location where it cannot be scored?
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Sadly most coaches don't have detailed rules knowledge. If I don't have HawksCoach and PAcoach on the benches this is going to be difficult.
However, the logic is the same as for the play in which a player starts the act of shooting, is fouled before releasing the ball, the horn ending the quarter then sounds, and finally the try is released.
Since the shot wasn't released before the horn the ball is dead and if the try is successful it doesn't count, but this is still a foul in the act of shooting and during a try that also "cannot be scored" as you put it, so the penalty is either 2 or 3 free-throws depending upon from where the try was attempted.