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Originally Posted by chartrusepengui
Similar situation last night. A1 - a great shooter takes a jump shot and comes down, falls to floor and slaps the floor in pain - gets up and limps down on D. At next stoppage I ask if he's ok - he nods yes. Play on.
He goes for a rebound and comes down on ankle wrong again. Sits then gets up and waves to coach he needs to come out. Ball being rebounded and shot several times. A1 was out of play - outside 3 point line so we held whistles until B scored. A1 walking towards endline to receive inbound. At this time - HC team A requests a TO. Partner granted. Now he is upset because he wants us to change it as an injury TO.
If A1 had not been moving again to get the inbound pass - indicating to us he was ready to play - I would have whistled to check on him again. As it was we told the coach it was a charged TO and he could continue to discuss it with us or he could coach his team. I understood his frustration - but it should have been with A1 - not us.
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Why? If A1 appear injured, err on the side of safety and stop the game. Don't force a team to take a timeout to deal with and injury even if the player is wanting to keep playing or is trying to play through it. Stop play, let the coach either get them out of the game or indicate that they're OK.