3 seconds violation
When I was reffing a high school mens game last night, a player came up to me at half time and asked a question. He asked me a good question that i asked my fellow officals and we couldnt come up with a solid answer. When the offensive team is inbounding the ball from the far end of the court and needs to cross the half court line to approach their basket, the 10 second count is done for the offense to get across the half court line. But while the offense is still on the opposite side of the court during the 10 second count, can there be a 3 second violation on the offense in the offensive paint, or does the 3 second count start when the ball crosses the half court line?
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You'll find your solid answer in NFHS rule 9-7-1.
Did any of your fellow officials try to look it up? |
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Yikes!
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Go easy guys. Forget the rule book--a simple rule of thumb is all that is necessary: regardless of ball position, it is 3-seconds when someone hands you a burnt marshmallow.
Now, back to the OP--it does seem a little perplexing to me that of 3 varsity level officials someone did not know that front court makes a difference. Time to spend some more time in the rule and case book. |
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he must've meant smores. that makes a whole lot more sense.
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We had an official tell us last week that he wouldn't call 3 seconds on an offensive player with one foot in the lane every time because it "would slow down the game".
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The Dark Side ...
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