Setting Initial Possession Arrow?

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by crazy voyager

Anyway, my book says (translated offcourse :P) : 12.4.3 The team that does not control the ball "in the jump ball at the start of the game" shall be awarded the first alternating possesion throw-in.

The only difference in 12.4.3 between the 2004 and 2006 editions is that "court" becomes "playing court". I agree that a small difference in the wording can make big difference in the application of the rule. However in the 2006 revision all references to "court" in the 2004 edition have been changed into "playing court". And the definition of playing court is in 2.1:

2.1Playing court
The playing court shall have a flat, hard surface free from obstructions with dimensions of twenty-eight (28) m in length by fifteen (15) m in width measured from the inside edge of the boundary line.

I interpret this as meaning that out-of-bounds is not "in the playing court".

The translation you have does not mention "live ball" nor "playing court". The Italian translation is accurate.

The English version of the rule book is downloadable from FIBA.com.

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