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Originally Posted by sj
Throw in on baseline. Everybody is within 3 feet of the boundary line. A1 and A2 are lined up next to each other and (a) parallel (facing) the boundary line or (b) perpendicular (facing at a 90 degree angle to) the boundary line.
B1 can request to get in between the two A players in situation (a). How about in situation (b)? It seems like B1 should not be allowed in. Anybody disagree?
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Originally Posted by deecee
nevada you read it wrong -- what is the definition of parallel to -- in B players are perpendicular as in they are in a single line stact with the boundary line at the base
parallel is where they are lined up and the shape of their line is parallel to the boundary line -- no shoulder to shoulder or back to front -- so in situation A the answer is YES and in B the answer is NO
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There is confusion because of the way the OP described situation B. "
perpendicular (facing at a 90 degree angle to) the boundary line" can mean two different things.
Being "perpendicular" requires that the players be next to each other (shoulder to shoulder, face to face, back to back or facing the same direction)
and the line that they form by being in this position is at a right angle to the baseline.
"Facing at a 90 degree angle to the boundary line" indicates that the players are turned facing the sideline; however, depending on how they are positioned they may be parallel or perpendicular.
The direction that the players are "
facing" has no bearing as to whether or not the line that they form by being next to each other is parallel or perpendicular to the baseline.