Foul commited on free throw shooter.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hopefully the NFHS will resurrect this old rule:

1996-97 (A year before they changed release to hit) NFHS Basketball Rulebook

9-9: No opponent occupying a marked lane space shall break the plane of the free throw line. Note: The restriction applies until the ball touches the ring, or backboard, or until the free throw ends.

Hopefully not. It was entirely unnecessary.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Hopefully not. It was entirely unnecessary.

It kept the defensive players in the lane from contacting the free thrower, who is forced, by rule, to maintain his position, forcing the official to decide if any contact was incidental, or illegal.

Otherwise, it's real easy to box out a shooter when he can't, by rule, go around you.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It kept the defensive players in the lane from contacting the free thrower, who is forced, by rule, to maintain his position, forcing the official to decide if any contact was incidental, or illegal.

Otherwise, it's real easy to box out a shooter when he can't, by rule, go around you.

As I said before, it has never occurred in a game I've worked using college rules. For it to start occurring in HS games would mean instituting a coaching strategy that has never before existed.

[Nevadaref]

The ruling wouldn't be any different from an opponent of the shooter fouling along the lane during rebounding action. The potential shooter for bonus FTs would be the only change. If a teammate of the shooter along the lane fouls, then the same penalties apply with the ball or FTs being awarded to the opposite team.
What's the big deal?

[Pantherdreams]

Most players dont jump on free throws. Players cannot leave until ball is released. By the time they get there to foul I can't imagine a situation where they are still in the act of shooting. Just call the hit a rebounding foul.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

Most players dont jump on free throws. Players cannot leave until ball is released. By the time they get there to foul I can't imagine a situation where they are still in the act of shooting. Just call the hit a rebounding foul.

Possible on the rare occasion where there is a jump shooter at the line.

Still not likely, but possible.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

As I said before, it has never occurred in a game I've worked using college rules. For it to start occurring in HS games would mean instituting a coaching strategy that has never before existed.

Always listen to Rob1968 and jeremy341a:

Originally Posted by Rob1968

As I recall, part of the reasoning for the rule was to avoid a perceived intimidation of the free throw shooter by opponents in the top slots. In womens' games, I've seen an opponent jump into the lane, and extend her buttocks back across the shooter's line. If allowed on a first shot attempt, it can have an affect on the free thrower's ability to shoot the next without undue concern.

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Back when I played it happened to me nearly every game. Hard to shoot that second one after taking a shot to the groin area during the follow through of the first shot.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

As I said before, it has never occurred in a game I've worked using college rules. For it to start occurring in HS games would mean instituting a coaching strategy that has never before existed.

Back when I played it happened to me nearly every game. Hard to shoot that second one after taking a shot to the groin area during the follow through of the first shot.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Back when I played it happened to me nearly every game. Hard to shoot that second one after taking a shot to the groin area during the follow through of the first shot.

There was already a rule to deal with that if it was a problem .. a foul.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

There was already a rule to deal with that if it was a problem .. a foul.

That is why I posted the original question. When I played in the 90's I didn't even know that there was a restriction on anyone other than the shooter when it came to breaking the free throw plane.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

When I played in the 90's I didn't even know that there was a restriction on anyone other than the shooter when it came to breaking the free throw plane.

The restriction ended in 1997-98, when we switched back to the "hit".

(Note: I've been through hit, release, hit, and release, in my thirty-four year career.)