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NATIONAL BASKET BALL COAGHES ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDATION.
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“We recommend that:
i. a two inch line know as the center line be drawn
laterally across the court bisecting the center circle;
(2) when a team obtains possession and control of the ball
in its own back-court, that team must advance the ball
over the center line within a period of ten seconds unless
the ball has been touched by an opponent. In this case
a new play results and timing begins again when
possession and control is regained in back-court;
(3) when the ball has been advanced over the center line
it must not be returned back over center line until a
try for goal has been mace or possession of the ball
has been lost. When the offensive team obtains possession
and control of the ball in their offensive half of the
court or if the offensive team shoots for the basket and
recovers the ball they may pass, the ball back over the
center line but once. PENALTY - failure to cOmply with
sections 2 or 3 constitutes a violation - loss of ball
to the opponents out of bounds at nearest side line;
(4)  -gulings on touching the center line shall be made in
accordance with the present practice in regard to out
of bounds decisions. Touching the center line shall

be construed as 'over'."