Phrase
 

"Habitual Shooting Motion"

Do any of you use it or have heard it recently. Is this something that is used at the NBA or NCAA level? Or even the high school level?

Thoughts?

Yes I have heard it, because it is the language of the rulebook in both NF and NCAA. I cannot speak for the NBA (nor do I care).

Peace

Sure, every time I shoot! :D

Are You Talking About Continuous Motion ???
 

The ball does not become dead until the try or tap ends, or until the airborne shooter returns to the floor, when:
c. Article 7 occurs by any opponent of a player who has started a try or tap for goal (is in the act of shooting) before the foul occurred, provided time did not expire before the ball was in flight. The trying motion must be continuous and begins after the ball comes to rest in the player’s hand(s) on a try or touches the hand(s) on a tap, and is completed when the ball is clearly in flight. The trying motion may include arm, foot or body movements used by the player when throwing the ball at his/her basket.

My rules book (NFHS)...
 

...refers to an "habitual throwing movement"... coaches love it when you refer to it that way.;)

This is a phrase that the NCAA (Billick & Adams) want us to adhere to when calling fouls that could result in FT's. The direction has been that officials need to better recognize when a player has started any movement preceding the shot and award FT's rather than saying "the foul was on the floor," or "the foul ocurred before the release."

For example, on a drive to the basket, the player picks up the dribble, any movement precipitating the shot should be considered part of the habitual shooting motion the would have led to a shot.

It is also the terminology that they want us to use.

Thanks! Is this pharse located in the NFHS rule book? I can't find it.

The word habitual appears in the following 3 locations of 2009-2010 NFHS Rules Book

Page 27
Rule 4
SECTION 11 CONTINUOUS MOTION
ART. 1 . . . Continuous motion applies to a try or tap for field goals and free
throws, but it has no significance unless there is a foul by any defensive player
during the interval which begins when the habitual throwing movement starts a
try or with the touching on a tap and ends when the ball is clearly in flight.

Page 37
Rule 4
SECTION 41 SHOOTING, TRY, TAP
ART. 3 . . . The try starts when the player begins the motion which habitually
precedes the release of the ball.

Page 72
Basketball Rules Fundamentals
17. “Continuous motion” applies both to tries and taps for field goals and free throws,
but it has no significance unless there is a foul by the defense during the interval
which begins when the habitual trying or tapping movement starts and ends when
the ball is clearly in flight.