Spin Move..Continuation?

[The_Rookie]

Boys JV game few days ago....B4 starts to make a spin move in the lane toward the basket with his arms moving up..I blow a foul on A3 and the basket is good and rule +1...

Coach jumps off bench and sez that is not continuation when player is doing a spin move (IE: on the floor).

Appreciate any help on this one.

Thanks!

[Adam]

Help in the form of advice: stop listening to coaches.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

On the floor.

Coach talk. Fan talk. Player talk.

Verboten for officials to use.

[APG]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Coach jumps off bench and sez that is not continuation when player is doing a spin move (IE: on the floor).

Being "on the floor" has nothing to do with this...in fact, get out of the habit of ever using that verbiage. You very well can be "on the floor" and still have continuous motion apply.

[Scrapper1]

Once the player has begun the habitual motion that precedes the throwing for goal, the player is allowed to continue that motion, even if it includes stepping, pivoting and/or jumping. NFHS 4-11-2. As usual, it's imperative to know your definitions.

[tref]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Boys JV game few days ago....B4 starts to make a spin move in the lane toward the basket with his arms moving up..I blow a foul on A3 and the basket is good and rule +1...

Coach jumps off bench and sez that is not continuation when player is doing a spin move (IE: on the floor).

Appreciate any help on this one.

Thanks!

May as well lose that mindset as well. Gathered is all that matters.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by tref

Gathered is all that matters.

Says who?

[tref]

Are you saying that the arms must be going upward in a shooting motion to get continuation?

[Smitty]

No I'm asking where does it say that "gathered" is the indication of when the habitual motion that precedes the throwing for goal is perceived?

[tref]

It says "gather" in a rulebook that is written much better than the book you're probably referring to.

4-9-2
...while holding the ball.

4-41-2
...A players is trying for goal when the player has the ball...

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[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Smitty

No I'm asking where does it say that "gathered" is the indication of when the habitual motion that precedes the throwing for goal is perceived?

You do have a good point. The term "gathered" or the phrase "gathered the ball" appears nowhere in either rule- or casebook. It does, however, for many, serve as an apt description of what occurs "when the player begins the motion which habitually precedes the release of the ball" (4-41-3), which starts the try.

Referee Magazine's recent article (November 2011, p. 17,19, "Hoop and Some Harm ('And 1')) did a rather good job of describing exactly what your question refers to.