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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Smitty
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Originally posted by SHellmueller
Rulebook is in my bag, and I'm at work, but I end the 5 second count when the player begin to advance toward the basket.
Did I miss something?
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It seems to be a common misconception that if A1 is "moving toward the basket" that the 5 second count should stop. But if B1 is still in a legal guarding position between A1 and the basket and A1 drives to the hoop and you stop your count, but then A1 pulls back out because the lane has closed, still dribbling, you just penalized B1 for some good defense.
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This misconception comes from what, I believe, used to be the rule about 20 years ago where this was true.
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If I remember right, back then the front court was divided into the mid-court(28' line to center) and fore-court(end line to 28' line). If the dribbler,while closely guarded went from the mid-court into the fore-court, you started a new 5 second count as soon as the dribbler moved into the fore-court. However, if a closely guarded dribbler went from the fore-court into the mid-court, the same 5 second count kept running.
Fri Jan 16, 2004, 05:19pm
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