Three-Foot Restraining Line

[SNIPERBBB]

The one court around here that has it we had the kids between the lines. Seemed to keep everyone else out...mostly.

[Moosie74]

We have one court like that around here.

We just tell both teams that the end line is the dashed black line and works the same way as it would on a bigger court.

No one ever seems to have any issues with that.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Moosie74

We just tell both teams that the end line is the dashed black line and works the same way as it would on a bigger court. No one ever seems to have any issues with that.

The throw-er-in-er, and his immediate defender, usually don't have problems with the restraining line. It's the other four offensive players, and other four defensive players, that can't get use to using the restraining line.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It's the other four offensive players, and other four defensive players, that can't get use to using the restraining line.

7.6.4D might say differently -- but maybe it's the difference between an imaginary restraining line and a real one.

[Altor]

As somebody who played on a floor with a restraining line years ago, there's a couple other "gotchas" to remember about them, as I recall:

1. The restraining line only applies to the end or side that the throw-in is made. e.g. A player can catch a throw-in made from the endline while standing between the restraining line and sideline.
2. The restraining line rules end when the throw-in ends. Assuming his feet are entirely between the OOB line and the restraining line, the player making the throw-in can bounce the ball off the defender and catch it without moving his feet.

I used to think of it as simply moving that one OOB line three feet for the duration of the throw-in. Don't know if that's a technically accurate description.

[Moosie74]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

The throw-er-in-er, and his immediate defender, usually don't have problems with the restraining line. It's the other four offensive players, and other four defensive players, that can't get use to using the restraining line.

That's true. I've been fairly successful in asking the defense to take a couple of steps back and that take care of that problem as well.