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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?

Please explain this more.

to protest the ruling to see if there were such a rule

I've not personally called one (but not surprising because I only have 9 games under my belt).

My daughter was called for a 10 second violation last year. She has a very long free throw routine and typically shoots just before the 10 seconds are up (actually, more than one official has given her a gift with a very slooooow count, she probably should be called for the violation more than she has).

Had it once, 4 years ago.

First of two...I get to 11 and he shoots...wait a minute, did I miss something...something FT, I get to 11, I figure that's long enough...TWEET!....Coach, "I told ya somebody was gonna call it on you!" :)

Haven't seen it since.

There's no such animal as a "protest" under NFHS rules.

Did you really let a coach pull a rule book out on you?

I have never called one but I have told players to speed it up after their first free throw was taking too long.

Here in Canada (New Brunswick), most of the games I officiate use FIBA rules which only give 5 seconds to shoot a free throw. You would think there would be more violations called, but I have only seen it 2 or 3 times in the past 6 years. Most officials will give the player a gentle reminder that they only have 5 seconds before their next attempt.

I was working a National Championship last summer when a fellow official called a violation (5 seconds) on a free throw shooter. After the game, our supervisor walks into the dressing room laughing and says: "That's the first time I have seen that call in 30 years".

I've never called it (in 25 years of games), nor have I been in a game where it was called.

If someone is tooooooo slooooowwww, I step up and tell them to shoot quicker.

However, I could envision the situation where it might be necessary to call. Just pretty rare.

i witnessed it called one time. It was probably more like 12 seconds.

I have never called it. For some reason my count seems to slow down when I get around six...:)

Coach can do what he wants during a timeout; but I'm not standing there with him while he looks it up, and I'm not helping him find it. That said, I might congratulate him after the game for even having a rule book.

Was Adrian Dantley ever called for it?

Only because i knew it was there:)

There are no protests. 5-4-2

When a coach questions a rule, I tell him that I have a rule book in my bag and we can look it up. If I'm wrong, I'll change the call and give him $100 but if he's wrong, he has to wash my car. I've never had a coach take the bet. :)

My rules meeting this year in the state i live in allows protests if they are reasonable