out of bounds rule.

[JugglingReferee]

The HS rule is that a player that goes out of bounds after "saving a ball" can absolutely gain possession so long as he re-establishes himself inbounds, which means that no part of his body is touching out of bounds.

The quickest way a player will re-establish in bounds is two-fold: (1) to have the first foot back in bounds, and then (2) the instant that the second foot (that it still out of bounds) is raised from the out-of-bounds floor, he is now in bounds again.

Re: the in-bounding case, my provincial association says that it is 3 feet either direction.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Re: the in-bounding case, my provincial association says that it is 3 feet either direction.

Really? That makes a 6 foot spot.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Really? That makes a 6 foot spot.

That was the most recently interp that I've heard.

When you are handed the ball, who says that the "3 feet" extend to 1.5 feet either way. Why can't it work 3 feet to one way?

I see what you're saying. No, you don't get 3 feet either way. You can pick your direction, and go up to 3 feet in that direction. Then when you return, you can only go so far as the original spot. In other words, the thrower-in decides where his initial spot is laterally among the 3 feet.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

That was the most recently interp that I've heard.

When you are handed the ball, who says that the "3 feet" extend to 1.5 feet either way. Why can't it work 3 feet to one way?

I see what you're saying. No, you don't get 3 feet either way. You can pick your direction, and go up to 3 feet in that direction. Then when you return, you can only go so far as the original spot. In other words, the thrower-in decides where his initial spot is laterally among the 3 feet.

Gotcha. Interesting, but the rule says the spot is determined by the official. That said, render runto Caesar....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Sorry, this part is a bit foggy to me. Can he go 4 feet in either direction? Can he go 4 feet in one direction after going 4 feet in the other lateral direction?

As long as he/she keeps one foot on or above the original 3-foot box, yes. So if they had a gymnastics background (their name was Rerun) they could even do a splits during the throw-in.