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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
The NFHS books use "thrower" to mean either a free thrower or a player making a throw-in and you have to know from context which is appropriate.
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You're completely wrong. NFHS rule 4-42-1 specifically defines a "thrower", and there's absolutely no mention of a "free thrower" in that definition. A "thrower" and a "free thrower" are completely different animals, and are defined as such in the NFHS rule book.
RULE 4-42-1: The THROWER is the player who attempts a THROW-IN.
Also see NFHS rules 6-1-2(b) and 6-1-2(c). Those rules differentiate between a "thrower" and a "free thrower" also.
Rule 6-1-2b: The ball becomes live when on a THROW-IN, it is at the disposal of the THROWER.
Rule 6-1-2c: The ball becomes live when on a FREE THROW, it is at the disposal of the FREE THROWER.