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when do you start your five second call?
WI Ref
I disagree when you say that you :"You can't start a five second count until the player is actually out of bounds! "
The five seconds starts when it is at the disposal of the team throwing the ball in, You may want to say that disposal begins when the ball is OOB and I would say that is incorrect also. If you wait until the ball is OOB you have just given the offense a big advantage. they can hold the ball or let it sit, wait for the offense to look at the press, set up and then pick the ball up go OOB and start the count. Now the 5 second call is more like 10 or 15. When the offense has it after the scored basket, or had a reasonable chance of picking it up, that's when the count begins.
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