Hands Up or Hands Down?

[The_Rookie]

Are players lined up in the lane spaces for free throws allowed to have their arms up?

I have had this in my games and some officials I worked with tell players hands down.

[APG]

There's nothing that says the hands have to be down...but you can make a case of disconcertion if a player put the hands up abruptly as the shot was going up.

[Raymond]

No spirit fingers.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

No spirit fingers.

Ask the boys, "why the jazz hands." It should stop.

OTOH, there's no basis for telling players to put their hands down. Ranks up there with moving everyone behind the division line on techs and ints.

[APG]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

No spirit fingers.

I'd have a hard time calling that disconcertion.

Realistically if a shooter is going to be "disconcerted" by this, then that player has zero concentration, and is going to be in trouble when the cute cheerleader in the corner starts doing that or some fan does the same thing too.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I'd have a hard time calling that disconcertion.

Realistically if a shooter is going to be "disconcerted" by this, then that player has zero concentration, and is going to be in trouble when the cute cheerleader in the corner starts doing that or some fan does the same thing too.

I don't say anything until they start breaking out the choreography.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I don't say anything until they start breaking out the choreography.

Again, I have a real hard time imagining how 2-4 players wiggling their fingers along the lane line would "disconcert" anyone.

Of course, I'd be more shocked to see something like this in a boys game...by more than one person.

[Lukester]

"Who's got shooter?"...

[kyref10]

Originally Posted by Lukester

"Who's got shooter?"...

Which someone usually confirms they do. So after the first free throw I will step in and say "Number 14" has the shooter so we don't need to keep asking.