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Originally Posted by JeffM
I understand that saying "on the floor" is considered unacceptable so I stopped saying it.
However, I think it quickly conveys the essential information that the foul was before the shot.
So, I have said "spot" or "designated spot" instead. However, many players don't seem to understand what that means and I've been asked by players if it was a shooting foul.
I've also used "white ball" which seems to works better.
So, what is the best way to say it? I don't think that "before the shot" would be any more acceptable than "on the floor".
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"before the shot" is just as easy to say as "on the floor" but is actually accurate in its meaning since it says that the foul occurred before the shot. A player could be shooting while still "on the floor" so a player could be getting 2 FTs having been on the floor. Why confuse thing when you don't need to?
"Spot" isn't used at the time of a foul but when administering the throwin on the backcourt endline mostly after a timeout.