Clock stops when - ball heading out of bounds

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I've never seen this called any other way, and I've spent the last thirty years observing junior varsity games.

Fair enough, but on a smaller scale, many inexperienced officials have a tendency to call OOB before the ball is actually OOB. A good example is an air ball that lands just inside the end line, then bounces high and out for a couple of seconds with no one in pursuit until it finally hits a bleacher or wall or whatever. Too many officials blow the whistle early here.

But as said, stick to the rule. In the OP, throwing the ball long was a sound strategy to eat some clock. Don’t penalize a smart play. Reminds me of a football team with the lead, defense has no timeouts, 4th down, and about a four second differential between game and play clock. You can either take a safety if up by more than two, OR...just drop back and throw the ball as high as you can and out of bounds. Clock doesn’t stop until the ball lands.


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