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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
Lead stays at lead and administers from endline with a bounce. If designated spot is above free-throw line extended, old lead switches up to new trail on that sideline and administers with (usually) a bounce. I see a lot of trails who are (probably) not aware of this Fed mechanic and immediately run across the court to take this throw-in. (And in my association, we use Fed mechanics.)
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Originally Posted by bigdog5142
Can you give me the case in the Official's Manual?
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The 2005-07 officials manual detailed this sideline switch in diagram 24 on page 35 and stated that it was the only non-foul situation in which the officials forced a dead ball switch. The new officials manual for 2007-09 does not provide the same language, but does have the same picture on page 22 now labeled as diagram 2-10.
As the others have said the key is whether the ball goes out above or below the FT line extended. If below, the Lead stays on his end line and bounces the ball to the thrower while the Trail stays where he was. If above, the Lead will move out to the sideline and become the Trail and administer from there and the Trail must step down to the end line and become the Lead.