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Originally Posted by Lotto
Last night I was working HS girl's varsity, two-man crew. With about 10 seconds left in the game, the home team scores to pull within two point. After a timeout, I'm the new lead. The home team is pressing, and I'm standing near midcourt tableside. My partner is near the far sideline and off the endline as the new trail. The home team steals the throw-in and passes to a girl near midcourt and the far sideline -- in my primary now as the new trail, so my focus is on her and I'm moving out onto the court to referee the ball. She then makes a bad pass that sails out of bounds. All of this happens within a couple of seconds. At that point, the home team coach tells me that she's been trying to call a timeout. This was a big game, the crowd was loud, the gym is one that has a high ceiling and is echo-y, and the coach does not have a loud voice. I simply didn't hear her.
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I had this happen to me tonight. Boys JV. I'm the T tableside and I'm administering the 10-second count. The only thing l I could hear was the visiting coach wanting the 10 second violation (I was only at 7 FWIW). At the next stoppage of play, Home Coach wanted to know why I didn't grant his timeout request.
My takeaway is that I should try to position myself so my peripheral vision is better for seeing a visual request.