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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
People with more grey hair than me:
Was there ever a rule that could possibly support what a long-time college observer recently told me after an NCAA game? - He stated that it is a violation for a player occupying a lane space to leave their space after release by stepping back and out (and usually attempting to go around an opposing player), as opposed to going "straight in."
I know this is completely wrong for current NFHS and NCAA rules, but was there something before my time (2000) that would help explain this?
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Your old guy was completely correct, not on the release in Fed.
1-5-1
SECTION 5 FREE-THROW LANE
ART. 1 . . .
A free-throw lane, 12 feet wide measured to the outside of each lane
boundary, and the semicircle with the free-throw line as a diameter, shall be
marked at each end of the court with dimensions and markings as shown on the
appended court diagram. All lines designating the free-throw lane, but not lanespace
marks and neutral-zone marks, are part of the lane.
ART. 2 . . .
The lane-space marks (2 inches by 8 inches) and neutral-zone
marks (12 inches by 8 inches) identify areas which extend 36 inches from the
outer edge of the lane lines toward the sidelines. There are three lane spaces on
each lane boundary line.
9-1-3d,g
SECTION 1 FREE-THROW PROVISIONS
ART. 3 . . .
After the ball is placed at the disposal of a free thrower:
d. No player shall enter or leave a marked lane space.
g. A player occupying a marked lane space may not have either foot beyond
the vertical plane of the outside edge of any lane boundary, or beyond the
vertical plane of any edge of the space (2 inches by 36 inches) designated
by a lane-space mark or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the space
(12 inches by 36 inches) designated by a neutral zone.
ART. 4 . . .
The restrictions in 9-1-3a through g apply until the ball touches the
ring or backboard or until the free throw ends.