Thread: Disconcertlon
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Old Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:44pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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In my high school game, if an opponent is screaming this from a marked lane space, or from behind the arc, or, possibly, even from the bench, while the free throw shooter is in the act of shooting, and if I feel that this is a distraction to the free throw shooter, I will call the delayed violation every time. If the free throw misses, we're shooting again.

9.1.3 SITUATION D: ... The free thrower is entitled to protection from being distracted. It is the opponent’s responsibility to avoid disconcerting the free thrower.
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And in the real world, how often does that happen?
For me once, in a boys high school recreation league game. Screams came from the bench: "Miss".
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