Two Points Or Three Points ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You cannot have goaltending on a throw-in, it is not a try by rule.

That's the rule fundamental that we wanted to stress. Not that one can't have goaltending on a throw-in. One can't, but it's not worth one memorizing it that way because one will never see it. But it is worth memorizing why one can't have goaltending on a throw-in, because it is not a try.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Learned the rule for sure watching a veteran who I respected make that big mistake.

Agree. Whether it's a once in a million "odd" call, or a once in a season "big" call, observing a colleague, of any experience level, making a right call, or a wrong call (mistake), will leave a lasting impression.

Many years ago, I was observing a high level veteran colleague officiate a state semifinal game. Jumper touched ball on the way up. He made the easy call, but then he did something that I, previous to that, would never think to do in a game, he checked the clock. Sure enough it had improperly started, so he had the clock reset to 8:00.

Not a big deal, had he not done that, I'm pretty sure that nobody would complain, but it was the correct call, so I put it in my pocket for the future, probably for "written test" purposes. When a jump ball goes wrong, sometimes one resets the clock (illegal touch on way up), and sometimes one doesn't (third illegal touch after two legal touches, jumper catches ball after legal touch). If the violation is before a legal touch, reset the clock if it improperly starts.