Resumption of Play Procedure

[ChuckS]

For your benefit I left out the "t squared" term! Of course in my situation the offending team was at the far end of the court from me. . .so I assume my partner should be telling them to hustle?

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by ChuckS

For your benefit I left out the "t squared" term! Of course in my situation the offending team was at the far end of the court from me. . .so I assume my partner should be telling them to hustle?

Yep. Might not happen right at this break, but as soon as I can, I'll talk with partner and tell them to get them out on 1st and play ball on 2nd horn. Has to be a crew effort bc if you are only one putting ball on floor at their disposal, you might get some flack and it needs to be consistent to keep that crap away. Talk to vets and watch their games to see how long they are giving teams. That will give you a good clue as to how much lag to allow. For me, it's about 3-5 seconds if they aren't hustling and still in timeout area. Enough time for me to say "play ball white and blow whistle"

[referee99]

with an objective of having the teams ready to play at the second horn, early in the game you can consider putting the ball down just as the players are returning. Long hard whistle then put the ball down so they will get to it at about the count of two. Usually has the desired effect.

Later in the game you can modify as appropriate, maybe give the trailing team a moment or two extra, as is done in this video example at the 12:55 mark: