Hold your spots!!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by JO
....AND...B1 can move OFF the circle and go behind A1....IF...B1 is 5 feet off the circle...remember that each position, like this one, is 3 feet deep...

B1 Read case book 6.4.2.....If B1 would move off the circle, as the official is about to toss the ball, and then move directly behind A1 (who is on the circle) = violation.

Don't help one bit,JO. It's completely wrong!

1)B1 doesn't have to stay 5 feet off the circle--only has to be more than 3 feet off the circle before the ball is tossed.
2)if B1 moves off the circle and goes directly behind A1,it's only a violation IF B1 is within 3 feet of the circle before the ball is tossed.

You've got the right casebook play,but you're reading it wrong!

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 7th, 2002 at 08:28 PM]