Step on Line -- Legal or Illegal?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by hoopsaddict

I need clarification on this, if a player is taking a throw-in out of bounds and they step on the line this is legal? The violation wouldn't occur until they actually step over/past the line onto the playing court?

Some courts don't have lines, they have merely a paint color change. Others have lines that are 6 feet deep. Thoughts?

[representing]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Some courts don't have lines, they have merely a paint color change. Others have lines that are 6 feet deep. Thoughts?

Players can stand on the 3 feet deep "lines". Where the line ends and the court starts, the FINE LINE that separates it, that's where the player cannot step over. on a standard 3 inch line they are allowed to step on the line. The line makes them out of bounds if they were dribbling the ball on the court, so it still has them out of bounds if stepped on during a throw-in. Makes better sense?