2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

RULE 4 / DEFINITIONS63
Section 68. Team Member
A team member is a member of bench personnel who is in uniform and is eligible
to become a player.
Section 69. Three-Second Lane
The three-second lane is the area in the front court that is bounded by the end line,
the free-throw lane lines and the free-throw line, and includes such lines.
Section 70. Throw-in/Thrower-in
Art. 1. A throw-in is the method of putting the ball in play from out of bounds.
Art. 2. A thrower-in is the player attempting the throw-in as outlined in Rule 7-6.
Art. 3. A throw-in and the throw-in count shall begin when the ball is at the
disposal of the player entitled to the throw-in.
Art. 4. A throw-in shall end when a passed ball touches or is legally touched by
an inbounds player or when a player, who is located on the playing court, touches
and causes the ball to be out of bounds or when the throw-in team commits a
throw-in violation.
Art. 5. A thrower-in shall have five seconds from receiving disposal of the ball
to release the throw-in. The throw-in count shall end when the ball is released by
the thrower-in so that the ball goes directly into the playing court.
Section 71. Timeout
Art. 1. A designated allocation of time, varying in length as defined in Rule 5-13,
provided to a team that causes a stoppage in the game.
Art. 2. The electronic-media timeout format consists of a series of timeouts
provided to a team to ensure designated time allottments for advertising segments.
Section 72. Traveling
Art. 1. Traveling occurs when a player holding the ball moves a foot or both feet
in any direction in excess of prescribed limits described in this rule.
Art. 2. A player who catches the ball with both feet on the playing court may
pivot, using either foot. When one foot is lifted, the other is the pivot foot.
Art. 3. A player who catches the ball while moving or dribbling may stop and
establish a pivot foot as follows:
a. When both feet are off the playing court and the player lands:
1. Simultaneously on both feet, either may be the pivot foot;
2. On one foot followed by the other, the first foot to touch shall be the
pivot foot;
3. On one foot, the player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land
on both; neither foot can be the pivot foot.
b. When one foot is on the playing court:
1. That foot shall be the pivot foot when the other foot touches in a step;
2. The player may jump off that foot and simultaneously land on both;
neither foot can then be the pivot foot.
Art. 4. After coming to a stop and establishing the pivot foot:
a. The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the playing court, before
the ball is released on a pass or try for goal;