Player Position: Start of Game Toss

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Is that more than a step?

Aren't the "unmarked" spaces on the circle assumed to be three feet wide, and three feet deep, like the marked spaces on the lane lines?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Aren't the "unmarked" spaces on the circle assumed to be three feet wide, and three feet deep, like the marked spaces on the lane lines?

Billy:

You are correct oh "Great One'.

MTD, Sr.

[Adam]

Where is it written?

[SNIPERBBB]

6.3.2 SITUATION:

The referee is ready to toss the ball to start the game. (a) A1 who was on the center restraining circle backs off; (b) B1 moves onto the *restraining circle into an unoccupied spot; (c) B2 moves off the circle and goes behind A2 and is within 3 feet of the circle; or (d) B3 moves off the circle about 5 feet and moves around behind A3 and A4 who are occupying spaces on the *circle.

RULING: Legal in (a) and (d), but a violation in both (b) and (c). Moving off the restraining circle in (a), and around the circle when more than 3 feet away as in (d), is permissible. It is a violation to move onto the circle as in (b), until the ball leaves the official's hand, or into an occupied space as in (c), until the ball is touched. The violation by B results in a throw-in for Team A. (4-3-1, 4-3-2, 4-3-3)

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Where is it written?

You mean besides 1-3-1?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You mean besides 1-3-1?

Uh yeah.

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You mean besides 1-3-1?

Bob, Thanks. Forgot to look there.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You mean besides 1-3-1?

A restraining circle shall be drawn at the center of the court with a
radius of 6 feet measured to the outside edge. The edge of the circle shall be
designated with a minimum of a ¼-inch-wide single line but no wider than 2
inches. See Table 1-1, No. 3 if the use of contrasting colored-floor areas instead
of a line is desirable. Spaces for nonjumpers around the center circle are 36
inches deep.

Where does it say that the spaces are three feet wide?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Where does it say that the spaces are three feet wide?

Does it say it anywhere? Is it one of those myths?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Does it say it anywhere? Is it one of those myths?

Billy:

I am not going to climb up into the attic right now, but the "myth" comes from the fact that the marked free throw lane spaces are three feet wide and the width of the throw-in space is also three feet. Realisticly (Did I spell that correctly?) when players line up next to each other, they have defined their spaces around the Center Circle. And therefore there are approximately 12.6 spaces around the Center Circle.

MTD, Sr.