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Originally Posted by xyrph
I appreciate your responses. I agree that this is not a traditional shot attempt.
But the interesting thing is it is not even that difficult to become proficient "shooting" this way.
So since you do not consider this activity shooting, do you award the points from such a basket to the team, or the shooter?
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It's not that we do not consider this activity shooting or that's it not a traditional shot attempt, it's that a try or shot is defined in the rule book, and your scenario comes nowhere close to meeting the definition.
Remember, this an official's forum, we are rules based. Most of us played basketball and are aware of all the playground situations and tricks, but we have to put that stuff behind us as officials.
As far as points being awarded, we only care that points are awarded to the proper team.