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34• A disqualifying foul may be either a technical or a personal
foul. (95 h.).
317d.
If a jumping player fouls on the way up for a jump-ball
a personal foul may be called.
40. For held ball to be called the guarding player must be bodily
close. (This varies according to the situation.). If the ball-
holder is close to the basket and facing the basket, then the distance
could be 3 ft. If the ball-holder is a long distance from the basket
and has his back to it he could still be considered to be closely
guarded if the guarding player were 6 ft. away and making no
attempt to try to possess the ball, as long as the guard is also in a
guarding position that is " positive, active, aggressive and mobile ".
It should be noted that this rule does not say that a player may
not hold the ball for more than five seconds.
40. If a player jumps into the air with the ball in order to shoot
and a guarding player plays the ball the shooter may touch the
floor again whilst still holding or touching the ball. If at the time
the shooter again touches the floor the guard also still has one or
both hands in contact with the ball then a jump-ball should be
called. If at that moment the guard is not touching the ball then
the shooting player should be penalised for c
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travelling ". (417.).
47. If a player jumps into the air in order to shoot or pass and
then, seeing that the ball will be intercepted or blocked, either comes
down to touch the floor again whilst still holding the ball or releases
the ball whilst he is in the air but commences a dribble then he has
committed a violation.
47. If a player is moving at the moment he catches the ball and,
at the moment he touches it, one foot (A) is in contact with the
floor and the other foot (B) is about to touch the floor (a two-
count stop), then he is allowed to pivot and to use the second foot
(B) as his pivot foot.
48. Officials should use discrimination in calling for violations
and not call because a player has violated the technical letter of the
rule but only when he has gained an unfair advantage. (This is
not an " advantage rule ".) When there is any doubt as to whether
or not a violation has been committed then the benefit of the
doubt should be given to the player and the violation should not be
called.
5o N. If a free throw is taken into the wrong basket it should
be retaken but only if the mistake is discovered before the clock
is again started. If, in this case, the basket was scored it should
count for the player who took the free throw. (50).
51 N. Play may continue with less than five players at any time
after the start.
56. If a team is about to throw the ball into play from out-of-
bounds then that team may have time-out under Art. 56d, although
the ball is dead and so the team is not technically in control of the
ball. In this situation the team not throwing in the ball may not
have time-out unless the ball is dead and the clock is stopped.
(Art. 56e.).. (See also 3z and 33).
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