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In 14 years I have never called a 10 second violation on a free throw. I have had one youth game that was running time (except for last minute) where the coach purposely asked the player to wait as long as possible to consume time. In that case I had to watch how long he took so there would be no advantage.
Violating the 10 seconds for free throws does not result in an advantage so I was told early in my career to not call it, ever. I suppose if the player begins making a travesty of the game you could ask them to shoot and then use the violation as a last report. I have never had to do this.
One of the big reasons to not call it is that it is seldom abused. If this were a bugger problem with people taking a long time then perhaps I would have to rethink this.
I have even had a coach ask during a free throw "How long does the player get?" After the throw I told him matter-of-factly "As long as he wants coach."
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