Long Toss Mechanics?

[johnnyrao]

The one thinh I didn't do was look at the trail to see if he chopped the clock or not. I was at the frontcourt end so the trail may have properly chopped it.

[tomegun]

What the...? This is Johnny's first post

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

I have never been in this situation but it could happen in any game.

And this is his second post.

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

The one thinh I didn't do was look at the trail to see if he chopped the clock or not. I was at the frontcourt end so the trail may have properly chopped it.

Either I'm reading this wrong - which is possible - or someone's credibility just went down.

[Adam]

Tomegun, methinks he was watching the game rather than officiating it. He was watching the lead but not the trail as a spectator.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Tomegun, methinks he was watching the game rather than officiating it. He was watching the lead but not the trail as a spectator.

I hope that is what happened.

[johnnyrao]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I hope that is what happened.

That is exactly what happened. Unfortunately, all of the schools our association works had away tournaments so we had no games. This was a local tournament so I went and watched. That's also why I didn't know the crew. I was sitting about even with the foul line in the frontcourt, in the stands. I wish I was on the court. Once again, I am not criticizing these guys. It made me wonder how to properly do this since the trail maybe could not have seen if the ball was touched or not.

[johnnyrao]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Tomegun, methinks he was watching the game rather than officiating it. He was watching the lead but not the trail as a spectator.

Affirmative.

[Kelvin green]

I am going to chime in here and it is going to be a long toss there is going to be a whole lot of communication here.

The mechanics I would use is to split the court in half. Trail is with the throw-in, the new lead will be in position near top of the paint/28 foot mark. I will tell the timer to start it on the Lead.... (The timer is going to be watching the ball not the trail to chop it in).

Trail has shot from backcourt, Lead has shot in the front court. Trail trying to get down the floor in 2 seconds for long pass to chop clock in, rule on shot etc is nuts.

[tomegun]

Besides this whole, "I had a friend who..." crap, I think you should stay in your normal position and watch the inbounder. Truste your partner(s) to help you down the court. Yes, there are advantages to getting up the court quickly. However, if you are trail opposite the table and the other coach, or an assistant, sees the inbounder clearly step in bounds then what? Most of the time nothing will happen (I'm assuming because I have NOT been in a funky situation like this) but there are many things that could happen.