Free Throw Question (NFHS)

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

I say the FT ends when the try touches the floor as in: a player bounces the ball in the lane to attempt a "bouncing shot."

Agree. It prevents showboat "Globetrotter" type of shots that are deemed not to be part of the game.

Violation the ball is dead as soon as it bounces in the lane.

Agree, but just to be clear, the violation is not for bouncing in the lane. The bounce simply ends the free throw, as if a normal free throw had missed and then been rebounded. The violation is for a legal free throw which failed to strike the ring or enter the basket before the free throw ended.