Normal Landing ...

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

What about a player who during a throw-in, while airborne, catches the inbounds pass after jumping from the frontcourt, lands solidly with one foot in the frontcourt, incorrectly believes that to put his other foot down in the backcourt would result in a backcourt violation, so he consciously hesitates while trying to maintain his balance while remaining on one foot for a second, but end ups losing his balance and his other foot falls into the backcourt?

Is that "normal landing"?

How the hell do you know what's in that player's mind and that's the reason they stepped the wrong way? Did it look like a normal landing or not? Come on now Billy!!! Jeez

That's the kind of craziness that just derails conversations.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

How the hell do you know what's in that player's mind and that's the reason they stepped the wrong way? Did it look like a normal landing or not?

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... we all know what a normal landing looks like in a real game, but what does it "sound" like in text on a written exam?

Let's go to the videotape ... Wait ... I'm being told ... We don't ... Never mind.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Yeah, I know that I'm reading too much into the question, but I'm a forty-plus year IAABO Refresher Exam veteran (never getting a perfect score but often coming very close) and know that answers often hinge on one tricky "got'cha" word. IAABO Refresher Exams can be intentionally tricky (not sure about NFHS exams).