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Originally posted by Mike Sever on 02-05-2000 10:43 PM
I am a Youth Basketball coach and have a question regarding lane violations. I was complaining that the Ref was not calling 5 seconds (what we use) in the lane on a member of the opposing team whose player was camping out in the lane. The Ref advised me that it is not a violation if any member of the player's team "attempted" a shot at the basket thereby resetting the 5 second timer. I argued that the "shot attempt" would have to hit the rim otherwise it is not a shot. He said he was not going to call it if they were "making an attempt" at the basket. Again, we are not talking about the person committing the violation. What is the proper interpretation and does an attempt to shoot reset the persons time in the lane?
It means just that -- did the player attempt to make a basket (if the player had been fouled, would you have expected two free throws?). It matters not (under Fed and NCAA rules) whether the ball hits the rim.
This must be a coming common misinterpretation. The ref at my daughters fifth grade game today made the same call (he called 5-seconds after a shot when the ball didn't hit the rim). I tried to explain the rule to him after the game.