Tue Jan 18, 2005, 01:18pm
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by TimTaylor
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Originally posted by blindzebra
No the warning is for BREAKING the plane, not reaching across the plane.
When a player hears straight up, their reaction is normally to put their hands up and stop leaning into the plane.
The word REACHING should NEVER be used by an official, EVER.
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You might want to read casebook 7.6.3.C & 9.2.11.B - the specific terminology used by NFHS is "reaches through". The warning for violation of 7.6.3.C is for delay - boundary line violation, but the action that precipitates the warning is reaching through the boundary line.
Also see items 3 & 4 of the penalty section at the end of 9-2 in the rule book - both use the specific terminology "reaches through the throw-in boundary".
Making eye contact with a defender bellying up to the sideline and saying "don't reach" before handing the ball to the thrower is clear and unambiguous - and it works. You can use what you want, but since that is the specific terminology used by NFHS, it will continue to be my terminology of choice until they decide to change it.
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What I do that works, and doesn't use the word "reaching", is that before I make the ball available, I move my arm up and down along the "plane" (parallel to the sideline, of course), and say, "Glass wall." I try to make eye contact with the defender. Sometimes, ms players will look at me quizzically, then I say, "You can see through but your arms stay on that side." Works great.
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I've used the glass wall with the younger kids, especially after one of them has been warned for BREAKING THE PLANE. 
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