Free throw violation

[jkjenning]

Originally Posted by AFHusker

Case 9.1.2 Situation B deals with this. Once the ball is at the shooter's disposal, its too late to bring it back to correct the player's position. Simultaneous violation should be called utilizing the AP to put the ball in play.

This is good to know - thanks AF. A major focus for the off-season [well, summer season] is to get back into the rules sytematically. This situation seems to be one of those in which we can be put players into a position that seems unfair and brings us heat, therefore it's especially good to work hard and avoid this.

It's similar to the case in which you grant a timeout which a coach denies having asked for and by rule the timeout has to be assessed anyway. One of the playoff games I've watched this season had that happen and the other team was simply called back from their timeout huddle onto the floor... which looks like its correct, or at least "ok", if you don't know the rules but looks bad if you do - I guess lining players up and asking for the ball back to correct a misalignment is the same sort of situation - now I know!

What is interesting in the case you reference is that once the try has ended [successfully or unsuccessfully] the misalignment is simply ignored... that seems a bit peculiar.