[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

MTD, Sr.: I seldom disagree with you, however, in this case, I must. I wish that you would reword your statement, "the quicker one can get the ball back into play the better", because this is not necessarily true. All correctable errors happen during dead ball periods, and many uncorrectable errors happen during these same dead ball periods as well, i.e. giving ball to wrong team for a throw in after a time out, giving the ball to the wrong team during an alternating possession throwin (sorry coach, you'll get two out of the next three), putting ball at the disposal of a player for a throwin while there are eleven players on the court, etc.

As Paul Simon wrote, "Slow down, you move too fast".

I don't know if I should rephrase my statement, because I said the advice in the thread has been good so far. There are certain things that must be done before putting the ball back into play and those things MUST be done. But once those things are done, get the ball back into play, don't screw around. That is what I mean by "the quicker one can get the ball back into play the better." Maybe a better phrase is one that MTD, Jr., likes to use: Festina Lente, which is Latin for "make haste slowly."

The important thing is to do what you are supposed to do and then get the game going again.

MTD, Sr.