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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Actually there are no limitations on how far a player can stritch to his right or left. The rule only requires at least one foot on or above the 3' wide area. As an example the player could use as much as 9' feet (i.e. 3' to the right and 3' to the left) as long as at least one foot never leaves the 3' area.
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Not quite - the whole "lane" is three feet wide - not three feet in each direction from the center (which would be six feet wide).
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You must be misunderstanding me. The lane is 3'. So, I have the ball. I move my right foot to the left edge of the 3' lane(still in the lane) and my left foot to the left, out of the lane, as far as i can while keeping my right foot on the edge of the lane. Now, lets say my left foot is 3'(could be more than 3') to the left, outside of the lane.
I have now used 6' of area. Now, repeat this same move to the right. I would be 3' to the right edge of the lane. Hence a total of 9'. I did this all within 5 seconds.