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

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RULE 9<br />

Violations and<br />

Penalties<br />

Section 1. Free Throw<br />

Art. 1. The try shall be attempted from within the free-throw semicircle and<br />

behind the free-throw line.<br />

Art. 2. After the ball is placed at the disposal of a free-thrower:<br />

a. The free-thrower shall release the try within 10 seconds and in such a way<br />

that the ball enters the basket or touches the ring or flange before the free<br />

throw ends.<br />

b. The free-thrower shall not purposely fake a try nor shall the free-thrower’s<br />

teammates nor opponents purposely fake a violation.<br />

c. The free-thrower shall not break the vertical plane of the free-throw<br />

line with either foot until the ball strikes the ring, flange or backboard or<br />

until the free throw ends.<br />

d. The free-thrower shall not enter the semicircle. The free-thrower shall not<br />

leave the semicircle before the try contacts the ring, flange, or backboard<br />

or when the free throw ends.<br />

e. No player shall enter or leave a marked lane space or contact any part of<br />

the court outside the marked lane space until the free-thrower has released<br />

the ball.<br />

f. No opponent shall disconcert (e.g., taunt, bait, gesture or delay) the freethrower.<br />

g. Players not in a legal marked lane space shall remain behind the freethrow<br />

line extended and behind the three-point field-goal line until the ball<br />

strikes the ring, flange or backboard, or until the free throw ends.<br />

h. Players occupying any of the legal marked lane spaces on each side of the<br />

lane may break the vertical plane of a lane-space boundary once the freethrower<br />

has released the ball. (See Rule 8-1.)<br />

i. Players occupying a legal marked lane space may not have either foot<br />

beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any legal lane boundary or<br />

beyond the vertical plane of any edge of space (2 by 36 inches) designated<br />

by a legal lane space mark or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the<br />

lane until the ball is released by the free-thrower.<br />

j. Neither team shall have more than the maximum number of players<br />

permitted on the free-throw lane.<br />

k. An opponent of the free-thrower shall occupy each lane space above and<br />

adjacent to the block.<br />

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