Lane Spaces

[BillyMac]

I've been watching this thread develop and have decided to participate. The question appears to be whether or not the "foot-plane rule" applies to the back "invisible" marked lane space boundary. Doesn't the red highlighted portion, below, answer that question? I don't understand the confusion. What am I missing?
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.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

What am I missing?
A player occupying a marked lane space may not have either foot beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any lane boundary,

Look up LANE boundary.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I've been watching this thread develop and have decided to participate. The question appears to be whether or not the "foot-plane rule" applies to the back "invisible" marked lane space boundary. Doesn't the red highlighted portion, below, answer that question? I don't understand the confusion. What am I missing?
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.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Look up LANE boundary.

Well, he quoted the right rule but highlighted the wrong part. I've highlighted, in blue, the part he should have highlighted.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Well, he quoted the right rule but highlighted the wrong part. I've highlighted, in blue, the part he should have highlighted.

Except that you need to continue highlighting the part about the lane-space marks and neutral zones. That defines what "edge" is being talked about.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Look up LANE boundary.

Good catch. Too bad it doesn't say "marked lane space boundary", but it doesn't.

So, even though none of us are going to call it, theoretically, are we going to allow a player to pass his back foot through the plane of the invisible back of the marked lane space?

[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.