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Had a similar incident with the false time out. I think the coach was yelling "side-out" which is a play they run around her but maybe it was "five out". Either way, I just reacted and blew the whistle. Then I realized that 1) he did not call time out and 2) his team didn't have posession so it would not have been a time out anyway. We all got a good laugh at it and we inbounded the ball at the POI for inadvertant whistle. I try to listen a lot more careful now when I hear a team running any kind of play with the word "out" in it.
On another note, the blocking out fouls are getting ridiculous, especially in the post. In every game I see players set up to block out and then back the other player way out of position. Eventually, I get that frustrated question from the coach "then how am I supposed to teach my kids to block out"? My answer is simple, there is a difference between "blocking out" and "backing out". The first is legan and the second displaces the other player putting him at a disadvatage and should be called every time. Hit it early and it will clean itself up.
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