offensive 3 seconds

[egj13]

Originally Posted by Peeps

when the ball is advanced to the front court and an offensive player is in the lane for 3 seconds.

if he takes one foot and places it outside the lane does this restart the 3 second count once he places his foot back in the lane?

Your question is a little bit unclear...

technically by rule if he has one foot in and one foot out the count continues.

if he takes the foot that is in...moves it out and then back in, then yes the count restarts.

As long as he has one foot in the lane the count continues.

I would be careful about how close you are watching/calling this though. If he is straddling the lane line while the ball is passed around the perimeter for 5-10-15 seconds I don't particularly care about that. If a defender is dedicated to him, and he is straddling the lane trying to establish position then I will get it. I might...and stress might...call 3 or 4 three second violations in a season of 60-70 games and that is usually when someone drives, gets stopped and is pivoting trying to pass the ball out. Otherwise all it does is interrupt the game.

[Peeps]

this is strictly pick up. we try to keep things fair as we are all older.

he will literally stand in the lane and we have counted from the side multiple times of 15+ seconds