Shoot again.

mick · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 11:01am

On a missed 2nd Free throw, trail blew whistle on player in third slot his side for a lane violation.
He carefully explained that her heel, when it was raised, had violated the adjacent lane space eventhough the heel had not touched the floor.
The player rolled her eyes.
Shoot again. Basket counted. Ended as a 2-point game.

ChuckElias · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 11:11am

WOW!

Dan_ref · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 11:35am

Quote:

Originally posted by mick
On a missed 2nd Free throw, trail blew whistle on player in third slot his side for a lane violation.
He carefully explained that her heel, when it was raised, had violated the adjacent lane space eventhough the heel had not touched the floor.
The player rolled her eyes.
Shoot again. Basket counted. Ended as a 2-point game.

Maybe there was a wad of chewed up gum on the floor that she didn't want to step on? I've seen coaches use this as a ploy........blah....blah....blah....

Hawks Coach · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:23pm

This is awfully hard to visualize. Foot on floor is ok, heel comes off the floor which moves it closer to the toe in vertical space. Now heel is somehow committing a violation.

zebraman · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:32pm

Maybe there was a wad of chewed up gum on the floor that she didn't want to step on? I've seen coaches use this as a
ploy........blah....blah....blah....

LOL ROF!

Z

Camron Rust · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:33pm

Quote:

Originally posted by mick
On a missed 2nd Free throw, trail blew whistle on player in third slot his side for a lane violation.
He carefully explained that her heel, when it was raised, had violated the adjacent lane space eventhough the heel had not touched the floor.
The player rolled her eyes.
Shoot again. Basket counted. Ended as a 2-point game.

While technically correct and pretty common, I've never seen it called.

Jurassic Referee · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:39pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
This is awfully hard to visualize. Foot on floor is ok, heel comes off the floor which moves it closer to the toe in vertical space. Now heel is somehow committing a violation.

The heel committed the violation by going beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of a lane boundary.Players do this all the time.Players also occasionaly get warned for doing this.Players do not usually get called for doing this.

rockyroad · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:41pm

Ok Mick...how many times did you slap your partner???

bard · #9 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:46pm

mick didn't actually say that it was his partner that did this... ;-)

But I will assume that mick was not trail!

mick · #10 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:51pm

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Originally posted by rockyroad
Ok Mick...how many times did you slap your partner???

What can you do, dj?

I bit harder on my whistle and readministered.

mick · #11 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 12:53pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
This is awfully hard to visualize. Foot on floor is ok, heel comes off the floor which moves it closer to the toe in vertical space. Now heel is somehow committing a violation.

Coach,
The toe gets placed first, with the heel in the air.
Why? ...Just is.

mick

Brian Watson · #12 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 01:42pm

This sounds like a newbie who has not grasped the sublties of the rules.

LarryS · #13 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 02:51pm

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Originally posted by Brian Watson
This sounds like a newbie who has not grasped the sublties of the rules.

I resemble that remark

Actually sounds like a jerk that grew up in Florida and is wanting to exert a "hypertechnical interpretation" of a rule. How would you like to be his kid? No gray in his world, only "black and white" (sorry, couldn't resist)

Marty Rogers · #14 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 23, 2002, 08:57pm

I'm with the player. I would have rolled my eyes too.