Whacked in the stack

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The official administering the throw-in (the Trail) should drop into the backcourt and bounce the ball to the thrower. This depth with provide a better view of the stack formation from the side instead of from the front, which would block the view of many of the players.

Good advice. However, my local board, and our poorly written IAABO mechanics, encourage us to hand the ball to the thrower when there is defensive pressure. To follow your excellent advice, and still follow our local mechanics, and our "confusing" IAABO mechanics, I would hand the ball to the thrower and back away as quickly as possible to open up and get some depth.

We haven't used NFHS mechanics in a few years. The last time that we used them we were taught to only hand the ball the the thrower on the back endline, and on the sidelines (never on the frontcourt endline), if, and only if, there was no defensive pressure. Have the NFHS mechanics changed in the past few years to allow a bounce pass to the thrower, let's say on the sideline, even if there is defensive pressure?