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A5, a post player, straddles a free throw lane line during regular play. Lifting the foot, inside the key, straight up from time to time so as not to called for 3-second.
Legit or not? The consenses of our association says "Call it"... What puzzles me is suppose A5, moving from his back court to his front court with the ball, is stopped straddling the mid-court line. If A5 lifts the back court foot straight up, a back court violation would not occur unless the foot returns to the floor of his back court. How are the 2 situations different? Or are they? jc |
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Go with the consensus. This is an obvious atempt to circumvent the 3 second rule. CALL IT! If you don't he is allowed to camp in very deep low post position and not have to move his body position out of the lane to reset the three second count. rule 9.9.7b in the federation case book addresses this exact play. As for your backcourt question, this is different in that well..... that IS a very good question. You know when you would ask for that toy growing up from your mother and you would explain all the logical reasons why you needed it? What did she say? Because she said so. I think the same applies here. It is that way because the rule book says so. Even though they sound and seem almost identical in appearance, it is that way because the rule book says so!!!
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Seems to me the intent is to prevent the player from gaining an advantage not intended by the rules. With the 3-second situation, the player needs to get all the way out of the key, lest he be gaining an advantage not intended. With the over-and-back play, the division line and the rules governing it are intended to prevent the player from returning to the backcourt and to give the defense a better chance of making something happen. Therefore, there are strict rules that the dribbler or player holding the ball have to follow, 'cuz if they don't, the defense gets the ball. In my mind, that's how those situations are different.
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