Continuous Motion

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Is this really true? Are the NFHS and NBA rules regarding continuous motion exactly the same? I would love to be able to say to coaches, "Coach, of course not, but the rule is the same". Of course, I would say this professionally, and politely, with absolutely no hint of sarcasm.

Yes it is true, they are the same. The problem is official at our level are not awarding foul shots properly by rule so the coaches do not know the real application. The NBA does not have that problem.

Peace

[JugglingReferee]

Those FIBA videos are all hosted at vimeo.com. They were uploaded by Basketball Manitoba.

[Zoochy]

Those videos are great. I watched 3 so far. I need to get my association to show some of them at the meetings.

[berserkBBK]

I have been taught that a shot begins "on the gather". I'm not sure if it technically correct, but it helps on many fouls I have in the post. Another term that I heard from an old NBA official is "afterthought". Does the whistle change the thought of what the player was doing? If it did then we won't shoot the free throws. (On a play that a player was looking to get off a pass)

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Good discussion here. Part of the reason I asked about it was because we had a really good discussion about it at our clinic last weekend.

One of the cases described had a player who has ended his dribble, pivots backward, gets fouled, pivots forward, and then shoots.

THe ruling said he gets 1 FT if he made it, 2 if he missed.