[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally posted by TigerBball
I was trying to look this up on the computer version of the rule book, but my search didn't pull the right section up.

Where would I find, or, please just describe the referee's mechanics on a throw-in?

My primary question is, In the NBA and I think NCAA, I notice the refs will toss the ball to the inbounder, which does allow them to be in a better area to watch what is going on. But in high school, a hand-off is primarily used. Is it stated in the rule book how to handle transferring the ball to the player on throw-ins?

I had a game last year and I just got the sense that this one ref really wanted to get home. He changed the pre-game warm-up from 15 minutes to 10, (starting the game 5 minutes early), he changed half-time from 10 minutes to 7, and then in the second half I noticed he stopped handing the ball off and instead started tossing the ball to the inbounder. Well one time my inbounder wasn't expecting the toss and fumbled it onto the court, and was called for a violation.

Even with doing all that, he probably only got home 9 minutes earlier. WOW! Why do these guys keep accepting games if they don't want to be there?