Tip Me Over And Pour Me Out ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Actually, it is in mine. The NFHS changed the wording of its FT lane-space violation rule in response to an inquiry from my state interpreter. The impetus was that the action you describe, a player in a marked lane-space losing his balance and placing a hand on the court inside the FT lane without moving his feet, happened to me about a dozen years ago while I was working a HS contest ... the rule only restricted the movement of a player’s foot ... a player could legally do push-ups with his hands and body extended into the lane as long as he kept his feet in the marked lane-space. He even got out the NFHS rules book and consulted the actual text. The rule was changed to contacting the court a year or two afterward.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

So if a player falls face first into the lane but his feet don't break the plane, you aren't going to call a violation?

Bingo. This is what I was talking about. I knew that I didn't dream it.