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I recently had a MS coaching friend of mine ask me about POI vs AP. His understanding of each was that they were simply two different methods of putting the ball in play. And the only way to determine which to use was to memorize, by rule, when to use each.

He was wrong and I think my explanation helped him understand it. I hope I use the correct words and can convey that idea here.

There are certain situations that will always be AP because the POI will always give us an AP situation. They are listed in 6-4-3(a,b,c and f).

In 6-4-3(d,e,and g) we are given the situations that may or may not have an obvious POI to put the ball back in play. The situations that give us an obvious POI in (d) are when there is a FT to follow (as in multiple FT's) and when there is Throw-in to follow the attempt (as in a techincal FT). The situations that give us an obvious POI in (e & g) are a goal, an infraction, the end of a quarter/extra period. If none of these exist we go to AP.

So to sum it up, we would always go POI if it were possible. It is not so we we have to go AP sometimes and the criteria for that is spelled out in 6-4-3.

I'm sure there are holes in my explanation. But basically, AP only exists to put the ball in play to start 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters and to put the ball in play when there isn't an obvious POI as described in 6-4-3.

Now, let the hole poking begin!