Lane Spaces

[Adam]

Congratulations Billy, you made the same mistake I did in post #14.

[Vinski]

Uh, Billy…If I’m not mistaken the…let me see… how did you put it?... lane boundary… is a single line of the lane space that is apart of the lane.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

A player occupying a marked lane space may not have either foot beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any lane boundary, or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the space (2 inches by 36 inches) designated by a lane-space mark or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the space (12 inches by 36 inches) designated by a neutral zone. A player shall position one foot near the outer edge of the free-throw lane line. The other foot may be positioned anywhere within the designated 36-inch lane space.

I'm caught up on the word "any". Why doesn't it say "the" lane boundary? Is the NFHS referring to any boundaries along the lane, possibly including the lane line, the marked lines, the neutral zone, and the invisible boundary in the back of the marked lane space? Or, in the sentence that contains the word "any", is the NFHS only referring to the lane line boundary?

[Scratch85]

I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. I wish I'd never brought this up!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

Why would anyone want to break the vertical plane at the back of the lane space.

“Because it’s there.” (George Mallory, 1922)