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Post by ryanmenn on Feb 27, 2012 1:39:18 GMT -6
3.4.4.2 Neutral Zone - A player may cross Halfcourt and move up to the opposite Attack Line, but any player that makes contact beyond the opposite Attack Line, with any part of their body, is ruled out.
I just thought I had a different understanding of this rule before but have been corrected lately. Before... I thought that a player was called out if any part of his/her body crossed their entire attacking line and made contact with the floor in the other team's zone. But recently I was told that if you touch any part of your attacking line you are out. Just wanted to get the full understanding because beyond the line to me sounds like you can step on your attacking line as long as you don't make contact with the floor in the opposing team's zone?
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Post by Zigmister on Feb 27, 2012 2:00:20 GMT -6
by wording of the rule you can step on the line but stepping beyond the paint causes the out. This is, however, a matter of two inches maximum width using NCAA court marking standards, and likely 1 inch wide when people use the common basic painter's tape.
From experience as an Official, that is much too small a margin for an official to tell whether you're over the line or just on it. A quick step will create a blur and causes the memory to be imprinted with the foot over the line... usually ruled a Attack Line Infraction because its just to damn close to tell for an official 20 feet away. It is easy to tell if you're not touching the line, given the right angle.
This was brought up in the CDO, i don't remember but it was ruled in this way, based off the wording "beyond the opposite Attack Line"
Making it into the Casebook i suppose.
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Post by kentuckybrown on Feb 27, 2012 8:06:21 GMT -6
I've been calling on the line...sorry to everyone then. But, I called it both ways and did alert teams before I began officiating every match as to what I called.
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Post by JMUDodge on Feb 28, 2012 13:25:03 GMT -6
i actually didn't mind the rule zac and the rest of us agreed to at the tournament. it actually made it a lot easier to make a call when someone stepped on the line because it is a lot clearer to distinguish that than someone stepping over the line.
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