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Originally Posted by bball_lurker
Sure, I know it wasn't intentional. At that age, I'm sure they were just making sure everyone was ready to play. Which makes sense on the one hand.
To the OP, 5 seconds is a long time, and generally it will be counted very slow for shorties. Get them a simple inbound play like Box, and you'll never get a 5 count.
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Well, the real challenge is getting the players INTO the box. I think the problem that Kevin was having was that his players were not close to being in the box, but the inbounder (who is excited to be inbounding!!!) was getting to the designated spot very quickly. It sounded as though the result was the first couple seconds were used to get the players to their spots (in the box or otherwise), the next couple were wasted as the inbounder slapped the ball (I have never liked this one as a coach), leaving only a second or so for that simple box play to develop.
The coach now knows -- due to the incessant pounding to the horse no longer alive -- that officials are not to wait "an appreciable amount of time" prior to putting the ball at the disposition of the inbounder. He has also been given a few suggestions for lessening the chances of a turnover (as JRut pointed out, TOs at this age level are an expected outcome in many cases).