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Originally posted by truerookie
You do not have anything until the ball is in physical control of the FT shooter. Look at rule 4-4-7b
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Thanks, but I know the rules on at the disposal. The issue is more complicated than you are considering.
It is a question of timing and exact positioning. Does the player who enters from outside the arc (or leaves a marked space in order to head outside the arc) just as the official is bouncing the ball to the FT shooter (ball not at disposal yet and hence still dead) have to reach his destination BEFORE the shooter catches the ball (when it is deemed at his disposal and hence becomes live) or is this player in transit given some leeway because he started his move to his new location before the ball was placed at the disposal of the FT shooter.
In other words should the player be punished under 9-1-8 with a violation?
Now do you see why I asked for a case book play or something in writing from the NFHS?