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I had a game earlier this year where a player was injured/shaken up because of a foul while she was shooting. The coach and trainer came onto the court to help her. I told the coach she had to send in a sub or call a time out to keep the player in the game. She took the time out.
I later told this story to another coach. He asked what happens if the coach does not call a time out. I told him that the coach could have any sub shoot the free throws. He listened intently, and then told me how he would consider "coming off the bench to tend to his injured player" at a critical moment in a game -- if that player happened to be a poor free throw shooter. I know he did not use this tactic because he never had the chance, but I suspect he would have.
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