Isn't it tough being right!

[Damian]

Jr High playoffs last night. New partner. During first half, A had the ball in front court. It gets slapped away and there is a scrable for the ball. Meantime, my partner calls a 3 second count in the lane.

The A coach is claiming they lost control of the ball. No big deal. At half time, there was a friendly exchange between the coach and my partner and he agreed that he shouldn't have made the call.

I interupted and said that actually, it was the right call. I explained that once a team has control in the front court, they keep control unless, 1) there is a shot or tap attempt, 2) the other team gets control of the ball, or 3) the ball becomes dead. He went on and on about he played D1 (30 yrs ago) and he knew the rules. So, I pulled out the rule book and showed it to him. He still didn't believe that the 3 second rule applied. So, we just agreed to disagree. Again it was a friendly exchange as they were way up on the score board.