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Originally Posted by RichMSN
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Awareness of timeout scenarios separates officials, like it or not. It's not like you have to stare at the ball handler, either. You *know* where the ball is with your periphgeral vision -- besides, if the ball is still in the backcourt, the odds of nefarious things happening in the front court are pretty small.
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Maybe where you work, but around here a lot of nefarious things jump off away from the ball.
As the new Lead (especially in 2-man) I'm keeping my eyes on the pack, not watching to see when the ball crosses halfcourt so I can grant a time-out that was requested 10 seconds earlier. How about the coach directing his request to the new Trail who will crossing the division line with the ball handler?
Otherwise the coach is taking the risk of getting a time-out granted while the ball is still in the backcourt, similar to
JRut's scenario.