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