Lane Violations

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
I have heard this from my friends who work some college ball, but I have never understood how an official can see whether or not a player's foot breaks the lane-line plane when he is standing behind him. I believe that he HS way of looking opposite is clearly better.
I would welcome hearing the arguments for merits of the NCAA mechanic.

If the player breaks the plane by enough / early enough to make the call, you can see it from your side.

The advantage is that the officials are looking at the same players throughout the play -- before the shot (lane violations) and after (rebounding).

In NFHS, the official needs to look across the lane for lane violations and then switch to the closer side for rebounding action.