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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[OYC2013]

Cross country, that is exactly the example I was thinking of. Air ball that bounces.

Thanks guys!

Wait to blow the whistle.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

... 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.

Maybe I haven't been to enough rodeos, but I haven't seen this.

(We're talking about trained officials working interscholastic games, not some high school players making a few extra bucks working kids recreation games on weekend? Right?)

[OYC2013]

Ok, of course I should have googled this first before my original post, but I see this has been covered before (the thread I found was from 6 years ago). In that one, OP saw it happen in a Div 1 college game.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Maybe I haven't been to enough rodeos, but I haven't seen this.

(We're talking about trained officials working interscholastic games, not some high school players making a few extra bucks working kids recreation games on weekend? Right?)

Then you're not paying attention. The whistle is blown early on these types of plays all the time … yes, even in high school games with "real" officials (gasp).

Sad, but true.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ODog

Then you're not paying attention. The whistle is blown early on these types of plays all the time … yes, even in high school games with "real" officials (gasp).

Sad, but true.

Agree. I've heard the whistle often before the ball is actually OOB. Of course, we're talking much less than a second in situations that really don't matter most all of the time.

[bucky]

Originally Posted by ODog

Then you're not paying attention. The whistle is blown early on these types of plays all the time … yes, even in high school games with "real" officials (gasp).

Sad, but true.

I have seen it in college and NBA games also.

[BillyMac]

I guess that I'll be getting on my horse and going to another rodeo.