[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by bainemc
Embarassing call by 1st year official.

On a throw in under A1 basket, I had already started counting, 2 seconds into the count A1 Coach start yelling, "let A2 throw it in. A2 heads toward A1, A1 hands A2 the ball while inbounds, as I begin blowing my whistle A2 shots the ball into his bucket. BOOM, it hit me, dang it I screwed that one.

I said it was an inadvertant whistle, bucket counts. Boy did the B Coach go crazy. I had explain that there was no defensive player anywhere near A2, who received the throw in and made the bucket. I tried to explain that A team had no violation. Boy was he not happy.

Other than doing something wrong to begin with, is there any other way to handle it after it happens. Any suggestions from you veterans..

Rookie in training

Am I missing something? Didn't you say A1 handed the ball to A2 while A2 was still inbounds? This is a violation. The ball must be released on a pass toward the court. It cannot be handed to an inbounds teammate on an inbounds play.