3 seconds

[Jim Henry]

Originally Posted by emtp

Had a partner last night at a district game who called two 3 second violations when the play was no where near the key and the player had nothing to do w/ the play. Ball is in the front court. Question is, and I do understand that yes it is a violation but, until she recieve's the ball or become's part of the play I may not call this because it is a play stopper and interrupts flow. Opinions

I can’t see showing much leniency in this example. IMO she IS part of the play. If a player is camping out in the lane you got to call it because she is gaining an advantage. She's under the basket waiting for the pass and I don’t care where the ball is in the FC.

Admittedly I have been a bit tolerant in grade school games and have allowed maybe 4 or 5 seconds but even in these games I’ll call it because it is so obvious and the kids need to learn.