5 second count question

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I'd love to see that!

Left foot over farthest right side of three-foot designated spot, four foot stride to the right with right foot. Switch. Right foot over farthest left side of three-foot designated spot, four foot stride to the left with left foot. Four plus three plus four equals eleven.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Left foot over farthest right side of three-foot designated spot, four foot stride to the right with right foot. Switch. Right foot over farthest left side of three-foot designated spot, four foot stride to the left with left foot. Four plus three plus four equals eleven.

Billy, try an experiment for all the sceptics. Mark a 4' distance out on the floor and see if you can touch the far mark with a foot while keeping your other foot behind the closest mark. Let us know how it turns out.

I'd try it but I'm afraid I'd hurt myself.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Billy, try an experiment for all the sceptics. Mark a 4' distance out on the floor and see if you can touch the far mark with a foot while keeping your other foot behind the closest mark. Let us know how it turns out.

I already tried this before my original post, using a yardstick on the floor. It's a stretch, but I can make an uncomfortable, four foot stride. Keep in mind that I'm slightly less than six feet tall, and have the flexibility of the average 54 year old man, with arthritis, who takes two aspirin before game. Many athletes playing under NFHS rules are much taller than me, and much more flexible.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I already tried this before my original post, using a yardstick on the floor. It's a stretch, but I can make an uncomfortable, four foot stride. Keep in mind that I'm slightly less than six feet tall, and have the flexibility of the average 54 year old man, with arthritis, who takes two aspirin before game. Many athletes playing under NFHS rules are much taller than me, and much more flexible.

Maybe us "Utahrds" are a little behind the curve on this, but here yardsticks are only three feet long.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Maybe us "Utahrds" are a little behind the curve on this, but here yardsticks are only three feet long.

The yardstick is for measuring the designated spot -- not his stride.

Just sayin'.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

The yardstick is for measuring the designated spot -- not his stride.

Just sayin'.

Oddly enough, I can picture a three foot spot much easier than his four foot stride.

I'm just sayin'

[Rich]

I had a varsity girls coach from the big city (Madison ) tell me an opponent traveled on a throw-in on Saturday. She shuffled her feet maybe a foot to the right of her designated spot.

My faith in the knowledge of coachkind has almost completely faded.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Maybe us "Utahrds" are a little behind the curve on this, but here yardsticks are only three feet long.

In Utah, do you use five yardsticks to measure the length of a room, or can you mark, and move the yardstick?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

In Utah, do you use five yardsticks to measure the length of a room, or can you mark, and move the yardstick?

Normally we'd just use a retractable tape measure.