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Originally Posted by BillyMac
From the March/April 2015 IAABO Sportorials Magazine:
Rules Questions For The IAABO Interpreter
1) A1 is fouled while in the act of trying for a goal. The try is not successful. A1 is awarded two free throws. The first free throw is successful. Upon the release of A1’s second free throw, B3, located in the free throw lane space nearest the free thrower, enters the free throw lane and then, with his/her foot, breaks the far plane of the free throw line prior to the ball contacting the basket ring, or the backboard. The official rules this action by B3 a violation. Is the official correct?
Answer: Yes. Reference 9-1-3-D (may enter the free throw lane; the free throw semicircle is not part of the free throw lane; the free throw semicircle if “off limits” to all, excepting the free thrower, until the ball contacts the basket ring, or the backboard.)
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NFHS
1981 - revised free-throw restrictions to allow leaving marked spaces when ball is released;
1993 -
player along lane may not break plane of free-throw line until ball hits backboard;
1997 - restricted movement on free-throw lane until ball touches ring or backboard.
2003 - number of players permitted on the lane during free throws reduced;
2008 - players moved up toward thrower during free throws; new free-throw mark added to designate final marked lane space;
2014 - A player occupying a marked lane space...may enter the lane on the release of the ball by the free throw shooter.
So, one may surmise that the interpretation by IAABO is well founded; and that the absence of that interpretation, by the NFHS, is another case of the NFHS simply removing a statement from their rules, w/o notice, and a lack of attention to their own rules history.