FT's for technical foul

[Y2Koach]

Where are the players allowed to be during Freethrows when the lane is supposed to be cleared? Most of the time, I see officials making the players stand beyond the half-court line, but I cannot find a rules reference for this. Rules reference would help.

Sidenote: during a JV game a few weeks back, I saw an official mandate that the players not only stand behind half-court, but that they were not allowed to speak to their coach/bench. When the players tried to get closer to their bench to talk to their coach, the official threatened to call technical fouls on all the players and told them to stand in the center circle and not look towards the bench. Really weird situation.

[CLH]

Lane cleared really just means outside the 3pt arc, and above the free throw line extended to the sidelines. Same as for players who are not on the lane during any other free throw.

CLH

[Y2Koach]

Thanks, that's what I thought. do you have a rules reference for me?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Y2Koach

Thanks, that's what I thought. do you have a rules reference for me?

8-1-5...Any player, other than the free thrower, who does not occupy a marked lane space must be behind the free-throw line extended and behind the three-point line.

This applies to all players when they may not occupy lane spaces.

[tjones1]

This is a current myth that everyone thinks you have to be behind the division line.

Was this an old rule - Mark?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by tjones1

This is a current myth that everyone thinks you have to be behind the division line.

Was this an old rule - Mark?

I think you used to have to stand behind the 49th parallel, but the Korean war changed all that.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by tjones1

This is a current myth that everyone thinks you have to be behind the division line. Was this an old rule - Mark?

When I was in high school, back in the late 1960's and early 1970's, I remember standing behind the division line during technical free throws.

Has this rule changed over the centuries?

[jdw3018]

What CLH said, and additionally there is absolutely no restriction on the coach coaching his players as long as the coach stays in the box and the players stay on the court.