Spot Throw-in

[Y2Koach]

As a coach, I can say that there is a common misconception amongst coaches, and a rare but more common than expected misconception amongst officials about this rule.

I would say in the past year in HS Freshmen, JV, and Var games that I've coached or watched, once every 3 games or so a coach would argue for a "travelling" call on spot inbound. In the same span of time, i would say once every 20 games or so, an official (usually on the lower levels of Freshmen or JV) would call an inbounds violation with the "travelling" mechanic or explain to the coach that the player switched his pivot foot.

Regardless of how the call was made, if one of my players commits a spot throw-in violation of this type, my question to the player (not the official) is usually "where the he!! are you going?!??" or "I don't remember that being part of the play?!?"