Airborne shooter

tref

Looking at the HS & NCAA books it says the player is airborne until they return to the floor.
Where do I get the one foot down theory as opposed to two feet down??

Freddy

tref wrote
Looking at the HS & NCAA books it says the player is airborne until they return to the floor.
Where do I get the one foot down theory as opposed to two feet down??

NFHS Casebook clarifies what rulebook 4-1-1 means by "returned to the floor" when it says, "A1 is an airborne shooter when the ball is released until one foot returns to the floor" (4.1.1).

Does that do it?

tref

Freddy wrote
Does that do it?

Kinda sorta, in a way. Is it safe to assume (I know) that is true in NCAA as well? Thats the ruleset where this happened. Unfortunately, their caseplay doesnt mention "one foot" at all.

Freddy

tref wrote
Kinda sorta, in a way. Is it safe to assume (I know) that is true in NCAA as well? Thats the ruleset where this happened. Unfortunately, their caseplay doesnt mention "one foot" at all.

Don't know. Don't do NCAA. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night . . . 😀

(It would have to be the same in NCAA. I mean, what would they do if the player only had one leg or foot? Would they still require two to touch the ground to be considered no longer an airborne shooter? Or would the player be an airborne shooter from the time he leaves the ground for his very first shot until the end of the game? Your question opens up a Pandora's box of questions . . . or maybe I'm getting toward the end of my shift and am over-thinking it . . .)

tref

I always thought one foot on the wood was the case at all levels of play... I'll stick with that until someone shows me otherwise, thanks!

BillyMac

You are where you are until you get where you're going.

JRutledge

tref wrote
I always thought one foot on the wood was the case at all levels of play... I'll stick with that until someone shows me otherwise, thanks!

What if they play on tile or some other surface? 🙂

Peace

BillyMac

JRutledge wrote
What if they play on tile or some other surface?

Catholic middle school games in the gymnasium/cafeteria/auditorium. Vinyl tile on concrete. Two aspirin before the game. Two aspirin after the game. Two aspirin the next morning.

JugglingReferee

tref wrote
Looking at the HS & NCAA books it says the player is airborne until they return to the floor.
Where do I get the one foot down theory as opposed to two feet down??

FIBA rules that an airborne shooter remain airborne until both feet return to the floor.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Something in the dark recesses of my mind, I want to say that for a couple of years, the NCAA Men required both feet down. But don't quote me until I do my due dilligence.

MTD, Sr.

APG

For just some historical purposes, here was the wording in the 2002 NCAA rule book

Rule 4
Section 1. Airborne Shooter
Art. 1. An airborne shooter is a player who has released the ball on a try for goal until one foot has returned to the floor.

Even as late as 2007, the rule mentioned an airborne player being one until one foot returned to the floor. Starting in 2008, it was changed to the wording which just mentioned he's an airborne shooter until he returns to the floor.