Rule change time again

[jalons]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Used to? They've changed?

During the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, the Iowa Girls decided who would start the game with the ball by a coin-toss during the captains' meeting. I believe it was the home team who would call "heads" or "tails," and the winner of the toss received the ball. There was no option of deferring if a team desired to do so. The possession arrow would then be set towards the loser of the toss. The reasoning, from what I heard, is that the officials weren't being consistent in throwing the ball straight up for the jump ball and the players risked injury by having to jump to start the game. I don't know for sure which was the true reason behind the coin toss.

The Iowa Girls Union also implemented a state adaptation where the possession arrow reversed as soon as the ball was at the disposal of the player for the throw-in. That changed for the 2006-07 season.