Free Throw - Resumption of Play

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Creating a situation where the most likely result is a violation then sitting back to see who it will be....that ain't basketball.

The RPP is designed to use the threat of a pending violation to impose a sense of urgency to get out of huddle. It's pretty effective. If you put the ball down on a throw-in, the team usually comes scrambling right out to avoid the five count. And the problem is usually solved for the rest of the night.

The nature of the free throw makes its RPP more complex, but the goal is the same: use the threat of a pending violation to urge the team out of their huddle. It makes no sense to call a violation on the shooter for trying to comply.

That's exactly what I am trying to say, but you knew how to word it and I didn't.

Why A1 is allowed to go OOB on a RPP to avoid a 5 second violation should be the same reasoning for FT's. Isn't RPP intended to get the game moving along?

Or better yet, erase the dang semicircle, we don't do no stinkin' jumpballs anymore!