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Originally Posted by jpc2119
Yes this would definitely fall under the preventative category.
And Kyle is correct, while having only part of your foot out of the box is an illegal starting position, as long as part of your foot is in the box when you make contact with the ball, you're ok (pro interpretation at least, not positive if it differs in high school).
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It is the same in HS. The only difference would be the foot touching the plate, which is open to interpretation. OBR says that the entire foot has to be out of the box - so you could be touching the plate with your toes/ball of the foot and have your heel in the box (legal). FED says you're out for touching the plate. Open to interp as to completely out or stricly "just touching the plate." In a FED game though, I do call it "by the book" if I see it (but I'd have to have more than the toe just touching the black).
To answer with the OP - no I wouldn't tell them they are on the line. I would tell them if they are out of the box (rather "not in a legal position").