Lane Spots

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

Our state association director of officials stated that it was so a rebounder couldn't stand back 36 inches from the lane and get a running start at the rebound.

This is the same reasoning we got from our state association a couple years ago, who supposedly got it unofficially, verbally from the Fed. Who knows where it originated from...probably a Fed board member saw it at a game once and thought "there outta be a rule..."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

This is the same reasoning we got from our state association a couple years ago, who supposedly got it unofficially, verbally from the Fed. Who knows where it originated from...probably a Fed board member saw it at a game once and thought "there outta be a rule..."

I was under the impression it was meant to stop the play where A2 steps back and drops behind B1 unseen: but I never really heard officially.

I've never actually seen a player stand back far enough to warrant making this call.

[ballgame99]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Why would that be a problem?

There is enough contact on a missed FT as it is, giving one player a 3 foot head start to come crashing in would only result in more, I'm guessing.

[Lotto]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Yes: NFHS and NCAA Men's

No: NCAA Women's, FIBA, and NBA/WNBA

MTD, Sr.

I believe that the answer in NCAAW is yes. This was a change, I think, 2 years ago. B cannot put more than 4 players in lane spaces, but if spaces are vacant, players can move to occupy them. (8-4.4b and c)

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Lotto

I believe that the answer in NCAAW is yes. This was a change, I think, 2 years ago. B cannot put more than 4 players in lane spaces, but if spaces are vacant, players can move to occupy them. (8-4.4b and c)

Correct. Changed for the 2011-12 season.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Lotto

I believe that the answer in NCAAW is yes. This was a change, I think, 2 years ago. B cannot put more than 4 players in lane spaces, but if spaces are vacant, players can move to occupy them. (8-4.4b and c)

I stand corrected. I retired from officiating college basketball after the 2007-08 season, and while I purchase the NCAA Men's and Women's college rules books every year, I sometimes do not peruse them as closely as I should.

MTD, Sr.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

There is enough contact on a missed FT as it is, giving one player a 3 foot head start to come crashing in would only result in more, I'm guessing.

And calling the foul would put a quick stop to it.

No need to guess.

[JetMetFan]

From May 2009:

New language in Rule 9-1-3d states that a player leaves a marked lane space when he or she contacts any part of the court outside the marked lane space (3 feet by 3 feet). A clarification to Rule 9-1-3g indicates that a player occupying a marked lane space must have one foot positioned near the outer edge of the free-throw lane line with the other positioned anywhere within the designated 36-inch lane space.

(Mary) Struckhoff said these changes were necessitated by players attempting to leave their positions too early to gain a rebound advantage.

[OKREF]

Doesn't being able to move on the release make this reasoning obsolete now?

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Doesn't being able to move on the release make this reasoning obsolete now?

*I'm thinking the same thing

[BryanV21]

I guess they're trying to avoid players gaining momentum, and thus turning a simple foul into something that could cause injury.

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I guess they're trying to avoid players gaining momentum, and thus turning a simple foul into something that could cause injury.

*Well I must say that you are conferring a measure of "fore sight" to our NFHS rule makers, perhaps that was their stratagem--an ultimate concern for the student-athlete's safety but hey I am just a worker bee.

[Sharpshooternes]

Just remember, only two offensive and four defensive players maximum are allowed at any time no matter how many empty spots there are.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Just remember, only two offensive and four players maximum are allowed at any time no matter how many empty spots there are.

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[Adam]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Doesn't being able to move on the release make this reasoning obsolete now?

That reasoning, yes. I'm not sure that was it, though.