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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
That's because you'll see and whistle a held ball when it occurs. And again, that's our reference point.
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True, but I tend to hold my whistle a moment to see if one player or the other can safely wrest control from the other.
If, in that brief moment of indecision, coach requests a TO, I see myself moving directly to HB. That's how I've done it, and it's served me relatively well. I can't imagine being able to say the same thing if a HB were to occur in front of B's coach and A's coach is granted a TO and possession simply because a TO was requested in the time between the ball being grasped by both sides and my decision to whistle for the HB.
"Why does he get the ball?"
"His player had control."
"So did mine, why wasn't it a held ball?"
Again, it seems to me the held ball starts when the grasping starts, even if we take a moment to determine if it's sufficiently "lodged" between players.