Gaining control with your feet

[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Splute

This is, btw, one of the reasons NCAA-W went away from putting the ball down at the spot of a throw-in during a TO - officials were doing things like this to pick up the ball, rather than just bending down and picking it up with their hands. The committee felt flicking the ball up with the foot didn't look "professional".

I wonder how many of them busted their bums tripping on the ball while attempting this manuver? [/QUOTE]

I think their thought was more along the lines of watching several official unsuccessful at this maneuver and now having to chase after the ball. I suppose you could even try this along to baseline and have an unsuspecting fan in the front row with a bb bouncing of their head.