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Originally Posted by KCRef
What if one of the 6 players lined up for the free-throw does the same thing as the shooter in the OP? Steps on the line and slides their foot back behind the line to get just as close as they can? Does not affect the play. Would this be a lane violation?
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Good philosophical question. Always thought this was a dichotomy, myself. On the free-thrower "over-toeing" the line, most officials in our area would let it slide, or maybe just make mention of to the free-thrower afterward. But if a guy lining up on the lane accidently steps in right after the free-thrower has the ball at his disposal, and then steps back...officials were expected to blow the violation. Never understood the difference myself...yet I knew what we were expected to call.