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A player with the ball below the free throw line extended is not allowed to dribble the ball with his back or side to the basket for longer than 5 seconds. The count ends when the dribble ends, the defense deflects the ball away or the player dribbles the ball above the free throw line extended. The penalty is a turnover and the ball awarded to the defense at the free throw line extended. The violation is known as a five-second back-to-basket violation.
The rule is informally known as the "Charles Barkley rule."
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Last edited by APG; Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 07:07pm.
Reason: added last critera for ending 5 second count
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