At the end of the game, the entire crew should have awareness of the clock. In a fullcourt press situation, the lead needs to help as they usually have little to no pressure and can ensure the clock starts properly. If the clock doesn't start, someone needs to kill the game right away unless a shot is imminent. I think you did the best that you could with the situation (other than not talking about it during the timeout).
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Originally Posted by egj13
Worked a VG game last night...H team is down 3, V team fouls to send H to line for 1 and 1 with 2.8 remaining. (good coaching move by the way). Girl makes first and H coach calls time out. We get together real quick, discuss lane violations and shot hitting the rim assuming he will have her miss the shot. We forget to discuss one thing...clock starting.
Girl makes second shot...V team throws ball away on the inbounds..H steals, shoots, misses, rebounds shoots and makes it to win. Place is going nuts since H team won...until we wave it off.
No complaints from H coach since it was clear it took more than 2.8 seconds and we were actually blowing it dead as the second shot went up..but lesson learned on things to communicate in that situation.
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