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Old Thu Jan 13, 2011, 10:59am
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Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef View Post
I have seen (as a coach and observer) MANY officials hand the ball to the inbounder and hit "1" at the same time. It is important to hand/bounce the ball to the inbounder, THEN begin your count.
Here's what I was taught for handling throw-ins:
1) raise arm opposite thrower.
2) hand ball to thrower, using other arm.
3) take a step back/sideways from the thrower.
4) begin count with arm nearest thrower.

Following this mechanic makes it basically impossible to do what you're stated above.
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