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Originally Posted by Raymond
... shot clock administration was horrible. Said there were over 10 times they had to fix the clock and there were conflicting rules posted.
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Conflicting rules can be easily taken care of by the state association.
The table crew is another story. Game clocks are very easy to administer. Turn off the game clock when one hears a whistle. Turning on the game clock only involves a few simple guidelines, with little rules understanding (missed free throw being the most difficult). Game clocks are always reset to 8:00 (rarely 4:00) during clock-stopped dead-balls. Most students, even middle school students, can correctly and successfully do it.
While I'm sure that some of the people that we currently have at the high school table could correctly and successfully handle a shot clock, I wouldn't bet my house that all of the people that we currently have at the high school table could correctly and successfully handle a shot clock.
Bottom line, just because current high school table crews can correctly and successfully handle a game clock, do not assume that all future high school table crews can correctly and successfully handle a shot clock.
I've seen this with my own eyes in Connecticut varsity private prep school games that I've worked with shot clocks.
If more states decide to use a shot clock, they better keep the guidelines as simple as possible, staying away from the more complex NCAA and NBA/WNBA rules.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
The NCAA seems to have many nuances regarding shot clock rules that appear to go beyond simply giving a team about a half a minute to hit the rim after a change of possession. Frontcourt or backcourt. Less time in period than on shot clock. Sometimes resets to 20 seconds. Kicking or punching violations. Legally touched inbounds. Missed free throw is controlled. Held ball (not the same when offensive or defensive team has alternating possession arrow).
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