"L" 5 sec. count

[jeffpea]

For College Men - the 2003-04 CCA 3-Man Mechanics manual provides a diagram of court coverage for 5-second counting violations on page 74 (Section 18 - Counting, Article 3 - Five Second Count). The front court is divided nearly in half. T has the area bounded by: halfcourt line, the near sideline, the baseline (to the FT lane line) and the "mid-line" of the floor - from half-court to the FT line. C has his entire half of the floor including the entire 3-second area. It clearly provides the 5-second counting responsibility to either T or C depending on location of the ball; INCLUDING when the offensive post player has the ball on the block directly in front of the L.

While I cannot cite the specific NFHS rule or mechanic, I have ALWAYS been instructed by clinicians, assignors, and veteran officials that L should NEVER have a 5 second count using NFHS mechanics.