Never failed to have this work.
Standing at the appropriate location on the court...
First horn goes off. I raise, and hold, one finger - I'm not yelling anything because no one is listening.
I wait 5-10 seconds and begin my walk towards the huddle. As the second horn sounds, or possibly a couple of second before, I clap my hands and from 5- 10 feet away, say loudly towards the huddle (I never stick my head into the coach's huddle) "White ball coming in on the sideline." or "Red ball coming this way." etc.
Rarely do I have to do any more coaxing than that. I will allow a short delay of maybe 5 seconds and even with that I will be telling the players as they break "Hurry up white; it is your ball." or allow the team that is ready, to pass it in as the other team is scrambling to get get positions.
I do everything I reasonably can to get them out and I still am willing to penalize the sluggards (defense) if they have delayed and then wander out of the huddle lost and confused. "Here we go!" and give the offense the ball to get the game going.
Oooh well don't have to worry about that until next season.
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"There are no superstar calls. We don't root for certain teams. We don't cheat. But sometimes we just miss calls." - Joe Crawford
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