Watching a HS Boys Varsity game yesterday and witnessed this situation:

A1 shoots, while the shot is in the air, B2 fouls A2. Shot goes in. It is a one-and-one bonus situation

The question, how many shots does A2 receive?

Virtually everyone in the gym thought it should be a 1and1 situation for A2. The calling official insisted that it was 1 shot for A2. He called the foul, and prevailed in the discussion. They shot 1.

Did they get it right?

"Virtually everyone" was right.

The only time you award one shot for a foul in NFHS is when the SHOOTER is fouled in the act of shooting and makes the shot (or in certain multiple foul situations). If a teammate of the shooter is fouled, he/she is entitled to recieve the free throws merited for that foul (or the team will that just scored will get the ball back).

[Edited by Mark Dexter on Jul 10th, 2005 at 02:32 PM]