Is this a Foot Fault?

[The Hammer]

Maybe you should just stop whining and learn to putt better, so it wouldn't bother you so much how others putt.

 

[Teebird Elvis]

Maybe you should just stop whining and learn to putt better, so it wouldn't bother you so much how others putt.

Or, everyone could play from the same spot.

 

[The Hammer]

How tall are you?
Now stretch your arm into the air, how tall is that?

Now one person is standing straight up at the marked lie, and one is falling towards the basket, how much closer is that person?

yup, 3-8'

Well, I'm 6'5". I would have to lay on the ground with my arm stretched out over my head to get 8'. I'm certain I can putt better standing up than laying on the ground. So, no advantage. Next!

 

[The Hammer]

Or, everyone could play from the same spot.

The thing is.......wait for it.......you can do it too!!!!!! No one has an advantage, except the guy that can do it, over the guy that can't. Then the guy that can't whines about it, and proclaims that it should be illegal.

 

[Teebird Elvis]

Well, I'm 6'5". I would have to lay on the ground with my arm stretched out over my head to get 8'. I'm certain I can putt better standing up than laying on the ground. So, no advantage. Next!

So you are 6'5", and to get to 8' your arm would have to be 1'7".

...I believe your arm is longer than that. :thmbup:

 

[The Hammer]

My arm doesn't start at the top of my head. My should is lower than my head. That's normal, right?

Regardless, that is a red herring. Has nothing to do with the argument at hand. You haven't yet provided a good reason for changing the rule. It looks silly is not a valid arguement. Nikko's hair looks silly. That doesn't mean we need to make a rule about hair styles.

 

[Teebird Elvis]

The thing is.......wait for it.......you can do it too!!!!!! No one has an advantage, except the guy that can do it, over the guy that can't. Then the guy that can't whines about it, and proclaims that it should be illegal.

or, someone is playing 3-8' closer to the basket from their marked lie.

 

[The Hammer]

or, someone is playing 3-8' closer to the basket from their marked lie.

What difference does it make?!?!? I can stand at my lie and extend my arm 2' closer to the basket. Should that be illegal too?

 

[Teebird Elvis]

My arm doesn't start at the top of my head. My should is lower than my head. That's normal, right?

For scientific studies, I took a tape measurer and held it up high as I could. It was 8'. I am 6'6", but I am not the tallest person on the planet, also there are people with much longer arms than me. And you are smaller than me, so don't assume you are the largest person on the planet.

 

[Teebird Elvis]

What difference does it make?!?!? I can stand at my lie and extend my arm 2' closer to the basket. Should that be illegal too?

You were the one concerned about 3' earlier, you tell me.

 

[The Hammer]

You obviously can't articulate a good arguement for changing the rule, so you focus on semantics. Good day.

 

[Teebird Elvis]

You obviously can't articulate a good arguement for changing the rule, so you focus on semantics. Good day.

This is all I am trying to get across... shorty

 

[The Hammer]

So a picture with a label of "not cool" is a valid arguement? Since when?

 

[The Hammer]

Also, based on your illustration, one of the "cool" guys in ahead of his lie. So, are you arguing that you can be ahead of your lie, but just by a little bit?

 

[joegraham]

The rule only states supporting point on the playing surface; i.e. your foot on the ground. The location of the disc at release is irrelevant. Some people stretch as far as they can AND MAINTAIN BALANCE in push putting, some stand back and spin putt, some straddle and putt from the ground up, some people turbo putt over their heads. The only thing that matters is your foot properly behind the marker. This is the only thing that can be reliably seen and called. I think 10 meters is fine.

 

[sidewinder22]

I have a problem with someone stepping over the foul line when shooting free throws. :thmbup:

And how is that different than a putt inside the circle?

 

[mashnut]

I have a problem with someone stepping over the foul line when shooting free throws. :thmbup:

You mean like Tim Duncan does here, with the ball and several parts of his body past the plane of the free throw line during the shooting motion?

Or more like every free throw shooter who doesn't show balance before stepping over the line to go for the rebound on a miss?

 

[joegraham]

You mean like Tim Duncan does here, with the ball and several parts of his body past the plane of the free throw line during the shooting motion?

Or more like every free throw shooter who doesn't show balance before stepping over the line to go for the rebound on a miss?

They have different rules. The ball is to be released before anyone can come into the lane.

 

[mashnut]

They have different rules. The ball is to be released before anyone can come into the lane.

I understand that, my point was that his analogy was a poor one.

 

[garublador]

And how is that different than a putt inside the circle?

Exactly. Wouldn't making a putt from outside the circle be more like a 3-point shot becasue it's one way to make up a stroke? So if we use basketball as an analogy then we should be able to jump past our marker with no supporting points outside of 10M. Of course there's always the "fact" that 3-point shots look silly and are making it so basketball never really makes it big, so yo have to take that into consideration as well.