Free Throw Question (NFHS)

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

4-20 ART. 3

The free throw ends when the try is successful, when it is certain the try will not be successful, when the try touches the floor or any player, or when the ball becomes dead.

Do you equate the bolded part as meaning the ball becomes dead because the free throw never hit the rim or that the free throw hit the rim and then hit a player or the floor?

If your point is that the clause is superfluous, then I probably agree (with the possible exception of the "bounce shot"). It might be left over from some previous rule change (that is, it used to be required, but a rule change has now made it not required).

I also don't see that it causes any harm.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If your point is that the clause is superfluous, then I probably agree (with the possible exception of the "bounce shot"). It might be left over from some previous rule change (that is, it used to be required, but a rule change has now made it not required).

I also don't see that it causes any harm.

I'm asking b/c it is on the test and I got it wrong.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'm asking b/c it is on the test and I got it wrong.

If I remember correctly I answered true.