Legal or illegal throw-in?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Nope.

The action does not meet the NFHS definition of a throw-in and is therefore illegal.

Why? The ball must be passed according to the following:
4-42-4 . . . The throw-in count ends when the ball is released by the thrower so the passed ball goes directly into the court.
&
7-6-2 . . .The throw-in begins when the ball is at the disposal of a player of the team entitled to the throw-in. The thrower shall release the ball on a pass directly into the court, except as in 7-5-7, within five seconds after the throw-in begins. …

And a pass is defined as:
4-31
A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats or rolls the ball to another player.

NevadaRef:

The NFHS and NCAA Men's/Women's Rules prohibit: i) a Player from Intentionally Kicking the Ball and ii) striking the Ball with the fist.

Did B1 do either (i) or (ii)!

MTD, Sr.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Raymond

The ball was batted by his chest.

Not possible under NFHS rules. Batting the ball is done with the hand(s) per
4-15-1” . . . A dribble is ball movement caused by a player in control who bats [intentionally strikes the ball with the hand(s)] or pushes the ball to the floor once or several times. It is not a part of a dribble when the ball touches a player’s own backboard.”

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

NevadaRef:

The NFHS and NCAA Men's/Women's Rules prohibit: i) a Player from Intentionally Kicking the Ball and ii) striking the Ball with the fist.

Did B1 do either (i) or (ii)!

MTD, Sr.

No, but this action does not take place during the course of normal play inbounds. This is a throw-in and that must be done with the hand(s) as noted in the rules cited above.

[rfp]

For what it's worth, I'm told TJ Halliday, head of IAABO training, ruled this legal, with no explanation.

[Zoochy]

IAABO's motto, "One Rule, One Interpretation" or whatever we say

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

IAABO's motto, "One Rule, One Interpretation" or whatever we say

"One Rule, One Interpretation, Semper Ubi Sub Ubi".

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rfp

For what it's worth, I'm told TJ Halliday, head of IAABO training, ruled this legal, with no explanation.

Not the first time that a person in such a position has issued an incorrect ruling. Mary Struckhoff did so several times when working for the NFHS.

We can read the rules in the book and clearly understand that this action is not legal.

[SNIPERBBB]

Only way you can make this a violation is some gymnastics with this part:

ART. 6 . . . The thrown ball shall not touch the thrower in the court before it touches or is touched by another player.