Several recent threads have addressed the question of "Do you Call it?". These are in regard to various rules including 3 seconds amongst others.
My question is if it's in the book, why wouldn't you call it? Perhaps a "little" leeway for pre-junior high leagues, but even there a rule is a rule and the sooner the players learn to play within the rules the better.
Plain and simple, a player cannot shuffle his feet before shooting; a player cannot spend 12 seconds at the free throw line before attempting his free throw; a player cannot spend 5 seconds in the lane, even if he/she is not involved in the play.
Many calls we make are judgement calls, but when did it become the officials choice to determine if a rule is "important enough" to deem our enforcing it.
Grail
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