2010-11 NFHS Rule Changes

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

One question...

Ok, I can usually handle one question. Thanks for keeping it simple.

the second it falls through the net and the player grabs it, can that player execute a legal throwin? No. They're usually not OOB.

I agree, but the question you pose is irrelevant. Because. . .

To be made available for the throwin, it has to be in a spot where the throwin can legally occur (or there must have been time for a player to have taken it to such a spot).

There is no mention of being "available for a throw-in" in the rules. NFHS 4-4-7d simply says that the ball is at the disposal of a player when it's "available to a player after a goal". It doesn't even say it has to be the player who will make the throw-in, let alone that the player must be out of bounds. The ball just has to be available for a player to pick up. That's all it says. If a player can easily access the ball and then start the throw-in procedure, then the ball is available to him/her.

This is really the only way the rules make any sense. Otherwise, you would, have to start a count on a player who picks up a ball after a made shot even when the ball comes out of the net oddly and bounces to midcourt.

In this situation, the correct thing to do is not to start the count, but to stop the clock so game time is not wasted and retrieve the ball. Then the ball becomes live when thrower-in catches the ball from the referee.