No More Offensive Goaltending ...

[BillyMac]

“Offensive Goaltending Is Still A Thing ... but only on a free throw.”

Did I jump the gun on this?

I just re-read this 2025–26 Correction and Clarification.

In addition, a rule reference was incorrect as it pertained to goaltending a free throw, in which a technical foul should also be assessed for that infraction. This change has been posted on the NFHS website as follows:

*NFHS Rules Book Page 65 – Rule 9‐12 Penalty 1
See Rule 10-4-8 for the additional penalty for goaltending during a free throw.

Items marked with a single asterisk “*” have been posted on the NFHS website or addressed in a memo to state associations.

Was this Correction and Clarification only in regard to defensive goaltending on a free throw?

Offensive goaltending is not mentioned in the Correction and Clarification.

Is there now no such thing as offensive goaltending on a free throw (as I first thought)?

Do we penalize, as Raymond so elegantly interpreted, this "offensive goaltending a free throw” situation as simply an offensive free throw violation for the ball not hitting the ring in ten seconds, with no additional technical foul penalty for such an action?