Three Seconds Rule - Wikipedia

Jump to content

Contents

move to sidebar hide

• (Top)
• 1 See also
• 2 References

• Article
• Talk

English

• Read
• Edit
• View history

Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions

• Read
• Edit
• View history

General

• What links here
• Related changes
• Upload file
• Permanent link
• Page information
• Cite this page
• Get shortened URL
• Download QR code

Print/export

• Download as PDF
• Printable version

In other projects

• Wikidata item

Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rule in basketball Not to be confused with the Five-second rule of food hygiene, or the two-second rule regarding safe driving, both sometimes known as the three-second rule.

The three seconds rule (also referred to as the three-second rule or three in the key, often termed as lane violation) requires that in basketball, a player shall not remain in their opponent’s foul lane for more than three consecutive seconds while that player's team is in control of a live ball in the frontcourt and the game clock is running. The countdown starts when one foot enters the restricted area and resets when both feet leave the area.[1]

The three-second rule was introduced in 1936 and was expressed as such: no offensive player, with or without the ball, could remain in the key, for three seconds or more.

The three-second rule came about in part following a game at Madison Square Garden between the University of Kentucky (UK) and New York University (NYU) in 1935, won by NYU 23–22. The University of Kentucky team did not take their own referee, a common practice at the time, despite advice to the UK coach Adolph Rupp from Notre Dame coach George Keogan, who had lost to NYU the week prior and who warned Rupp of the discrepancies in officiating between the Midwest and the East. UK was unable to run its normal offense (which consisted of using screens) without being called for a foul. NYU's Irving Terjesen and Irwin Klein combined to guard one of UK's major players, Leroy Edwards, keeping him to a mere 6 points (the lowest output of his career). The New York Post reacted with alarm: "The score says that NYU is the best college basketball team in the country and that the East still is supreme. But if Frank Lane, the referee from the Midwest, had worked the game, it's safe to assume big Leroy Edwards would have been given a fantastic number of foul shots. Minor mayhem was committed on the person of Edwards by Terjesen and Klein. Something will have to be done or the game will become entirely too rough."[2]

Within the FIBA rules, an allowance is made for players who either receive the ball prior to being within the key for 3 seconds, or for those players who are leaving (or attempting to leave) the keyway. [3]

See also

[edit]

• Defensive three-second violation
• Key (basketball)
• Five-second rule

References

[edit]

1. ^ Rule 5 (Violations), Article 26. "Official Basketball Rules 2020" (pdf). International Basketball Federation. 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
2. ^ New York Post, quoted in Laudeman, Tev (1972). The Rupp Years: The University of Kentucky's Golden Era of Basketball. Louisville: The Courier-Journal. ASIN B0006C4AOO., cited in "Leroy Edwards". bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
3. ^ Official Basketball Rules 2020. FIBA Central Board. 2020. p. 31.

v t e Basketball
General topics	Glossary of terms Index of articles Leagues History James Naismith Luther Gulick Protocol of Stockholm Variations Slamball Streetball One-on-one Twenty-one Three-on-three Six-on-six Wheelchair
Rules	Jump ball Officials Turnover Overtime Trent Tucker Rule Violations 3 seconds Offense Defense 5 seconds Time line (8/10 seconds) Basket interference Carrying Double dribble Goaltending Shot clock Traveling Fouls Flagrant Personal Technical Bonus Three-point play Four-point play
Game play	Positions Coach Sixth man Guard Point Shooting Combo Forward Small Power Stretch Point Center Statistics Rebound Plus–minus Player tracking Winning streaks Offense Point Field goal Three-pointer Assist Defense Block Steal Moves Dribble Crossover Euro step Flop Screen Back Slashing Shooting Free throw Jump shot Fadeaway Layup Finger roll Slam dunk Posterized Alley-oop Backboard shattering Half-court shot Hook shot Air ball Buzzer beater Uncontested
Strategy	General Playbook Practice Shootaround Drills Mikan Tip Offense Ball hog Gravity Continuity Flex Shuffle UCLA High Post Wheel Four corners Pick and roll Triangle Motion Princeton Dribble drive Fast break Fly Cherry picking Run and gun Grinnell System Nellie Ball Small ball Defense Double team Full-court press Hack-a-Shaq Jordan Rules Man-to-man Zone 1–2–1–1 1–3–1 2–3 Line Match-up Hybrid Amoeba Box-and-one Triangle-and-two
Equipment	Backboard Ball Basket Rim Breakaway Court Glass Half court Key Net Whistle
Clothing	Uniform Sleeve Finger Leg Air Jordan Chuck Taylor All-Stars
Media	Films Video games Trading cards
Basketball portal Outline of basketball

This basketball-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three_seconds_rule&oldid=1328486574" Categories:

• Rules of basketball
• 1936 introductions
• Basketball stubs
• Basketball terminology

Hidden categories:

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• All stub articles

Search Search Toggle the table of contents Three seconds rule 7 languages Add topic