Violation - Once in a career?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

My partner called a 10 violation on a free throw. Probably never see that again.

I've been playing, coaching, or officiating basketball for over forty years, and I've never seen this called.

Do you think that your partner called the violation after a real time ten seconds, or ten "hand flicks", or, did your partner give the shooter a couple of extra real time seconds, or a couple of extra "hand flicks". I've gotten to ten "hand flicks" on several occassions, and kept counting to eleven or twelve. I often wondered how long I would count until I finally blew my whistle? I guess that I haven't gotten to that point so far in twenty-seven years of officiating.

[LSams]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Do you think that your partner called the violation after a real time ten seconds, or ten "hand flicks", or, did your partner give the shooter a couple of extra real time seconds, or a couple of extra "hand flicks". I've gotten to ten "hand flicks" on several occassions, and kept counting to eleven or twelve. I often wondered how long I would count until I finally blew my whistle? I guess that I haven't gotten to that point so far in twenty-seven years of officiating.

the one time I called this, I called it when my generally slow count got to 14 and the player was still not ready to shoot.


My first, and only elbow violation (like 3 years ago) still has the table and coach confused. They still want to know who I called the foul on