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Originally Posted by budjones05

Tonight, I had a boys high school varsity. The team was on the free throw line. I began to start my count to 10. I get to five, no shot. I get to 8, no shot. I get to 10 and still no shot. TWEET!! 10 seconds on the free throw line. The gym goes crazy and the teams head coach wants a explaination. Told him that the thrower has 10 seconds to shoot the ball. He requests a time out to look up the rule. There it was. He shuts up and doesn't say another word the rest of the game. My question, has anybody ever had a 10 second call on the free throw?

While coaching 3 weeks ago, girl from opposing team continued to take a long time at the line - we were calling for the violation, but it did not come - finally, the fourth time at the line, at 10 sec on the dot...tweet... the opposing coach went nuts.... I thought he would get a T for second... I heard the ref say to him while coming down the court - "com'n coach - I gave you guys every opportunity to speed it up, now, you need to calm it down!"... he called her 3 more times that day....

Coach M,
S. Hagerstown Lady Rebels.