Notes from a recent ref clinic

[Pantherdreams]

The games that are all out stalls may only happen a couple of times a year or may only be published when its a dramatic less then 10 pts combined scored.

I can tell you when I worked games in Maine that all out stall wasn't common, but if you had foul trouble in the 2nd quarter, or the other team wanted to pack/play zone, or it was the fourth quarter and you were up 6+ there might not have been an all out stall but there is a lot of pull back out, keep reversing the ball, etc. In those situations its basically standard practice to make sure possessions are taking 60-90-120 seconds of offense.

The all out stalls might be rare but how teams play/try to score is definitely impacted in almost every game I officiated (without a shot clock) by situations that went from teams actively trying to compete and give kids chances to make play to totally coach controlled and tactics that led to really really long possessions.