Use of the word "allowance" in NFHS rule 9-7-3...?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

So to "dribble in," he's not allowed to have his back to the basket? I must have missed that part of the rule.

I just don't see a "back-down" as part of a scoring move, and that's how I interpret the rule and how I'm interpreting the term "back-down" as well.

There are ways a player can dribble with his/her back to the basket that would be part of a move to score, and those would qualify under the exception IMO. Again, it's a judgement call, and the only point I'm making is that a multiple dribble "slow" back-down does not qualify under the exception.

If it did, a player could back down from the FT line to the goal with a dozen dribbles over 5 seconds...