Offensive Goaltending?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by wanja

other thoughts on making the case for or against offensive goaltending

I would add that in Rule 9, both 9-11 (BI) and 9-12 (GT) share the exact same penalty section. The penalties do not differentiate between BI and GT in any way. They only differentiate between whether the violation is committed at "the opponent's basket" or "a team's own basket."

Edited to add: Better yet, this verbiage appears in the NFHS case book, Rule 9, right at the very beginning of the rule under the heading "Types of violations": When a team commits basket interference or goaltends at its own basket, no points can be scored and the ball is awarded to the offended team out of bounds at the spot nearest the violation.

Originally Posted by wanja

Under NFHS rules, can defensive goaltending occur on a free throw try?

NFHS 9.12 SITUATION A: On the first free throw by A1 in a bonus situation: B1 leaps above the lane and touches the ball but it falls in the basket anyway. RULING: Delayed lane violation on B1; the ball is still live. The goaltending violation causes an immediate dead ball and an automatic point for A1; B1 is assessed a technical foul. A1 is awarded the bonus free throw. Following the free throws for the technical foul, it is A’s ball for a division line throw-in opposite the table. (4-22; 6-7-9; 10-3-10)