Free Throw Violation

[DownTownTonyBrown]

So a player that leaves his feet in the proper lane space and falls into the key (push up) has not left his lane space and this should NOT be a violation?

JR, Nevada, I'd like to sell tickets to that one! I can't imagine a single person in the gym that would say "Yep, the referee is correct. That is okay/legal."

Does a player leave the court if he is doing push-ups across the Out Of Bounds line? Can a player scoot up to the free throw line extended and do push-ups across that imaginary line while the shooter is making his free throw attempt? How about doing push-ups with his hands inside the semi-circle and feet outside the 3-point line? How about lying on his back inside the semi-circle and kicking his feet in the air outside the circle?

You know, most playes spend just about all of their time during the game standing on two feet (well, not touching anything else to the floor [hands/butt/etc.]), so I'm thinking that if play is basically stopped (like during a free throw attempt), anything besides standing on two feet watching the shooter and the ball/rebound has a good chance of being disconcerting, if nothing else.

Touching in the lane is generally accepted as a violation and I believe should rightfully be called. Can the shooter fall into the lane and catch himself in a push-up position? Per Rule 9, that would be okay too.

You know, you might get away with it during a game but if it was the game winning shot... now you're going to have to really sell the no call. Somebody is going to be screaming. I guess you could always say... "Well, I didn't call it earlier."

I'll be calling it as a violation.