Four Second Zone Enforcement
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Currently, the rulebook section 15B.5.8 states -
'The three-second zone becomes the four-second zone.'
Should we expand and clarify that the four-second count resets when the player begins their departure of the zone and not when they actually exit the zone? Movement on the wheel is obviously different than on foot. This was enforced incorrectly in the past and so maybe reference to the FIBA rule is not sufficient here.
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Another thought on this. The FIBA rulebook states the following -
'To be established outside the restricted area, both feet of the player must be placed on the court outside the restricted area.'
Should we specify what that translates to on a unicycle?
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I think we should not recall any FIBA rules, just state what is different from them. If the referees do not read or remember all rules, it will not help them to add more things to read.
So concerning your first comment, I would not do anything.
Concerning your second comment, you're right that the FIBA rule cannot be directly applied, but I think the translation to our case is pretty straightforward and again I would not add anything.
In fact, I'm rather in favor of completly removing this section. Indeed, are we so much slower than pedestrians that we need 33% more time in the zone?
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I don't know what the original reason for including this in the rules and have no preference for keeping or removing it (in practice with the limited refs/equipment enforcement is going to be for egregious cases anyway). Regarding whether it is straightforward we should add a separate section and clarify that for all purposes of location (in the restricted area, backcourt, or out of bounds) both feet of a mounted player are considered to be at the point of contact between the wheel and the ground.
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> Regarding whether it is straightforward we should add a separate section and clarify that for all purposes of location (in the restricted area, backcourt, or out of bounds) both feet of a mounted player are considered to be at the point of contact between the wheel and the ground.
That sounds like a reasonable clarification to me.