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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Where is our physicist in residence when you need him? JugglingReferee, you claim that the referee cannot have definite knowledge that the tap took less than 0.3 seconds. 0.3 seconds is the empirically determined minimum time it takes to catch and shoot.
A tap, on the other hand, is "the contacting of the ball with any part of the player's hand(s) in an attempt to direct the ball into his/her basket." In other words, you've got a ball in the air and you are striking it to redirect it. Assuming the player does not do a one-handed catch and release (which can be done in 0.3 seconds), you've got to consider the tap to be pretty much instantaneous. At the very least you cannot logically consider that it takes 0.3 seconds or longer.
By emperical study it is definitely possible to catch and release a try in 0.3 seconds. A tap can definitely be accomplished in much less time since it involves only striking a ball already in the air. The rules committee is definitely in favor of counting the goal when in doubt.
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Hi - I'm going to play resident physicist here.
Yes, a tap could occur with 0.1 left on the clock, but that doesn't mean that it is automatically a legal tap. If there's even the slightest amount of control or movement of the hand, we're looking at at least 0.2 - 0.3 seconds. You need to have the horn to be totally sure (and even then, the clock is starting late).