fumble during inbounds and timeout during a loose ball

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Originally Posted by mutantducky

two quick ones. If the ref calls a timeout accidentally during a loose ball, is the timeout granted to the team? I assume play is stopped and it goes to AP but I wanted to check.

2. I saw a player go to pass, stop but the ball fumbled out of his hands and into the air. He caught it and then passed it in. no violation was called. If the fumble was into the air but past the line where he was throwing it in could he have reached over the line and grabbed the ball and pulled it back if his feet didn't go over? I think the defender could hit the ball during that situation. Just thought of this one which is related to it- if the offensive player has his arms past the line before he inbounds and he is struck on the arm is that a personal foul?

1. If a team asks for a time-out and an official sounds the whistle and grants it, then the team will be charged with one and entitled to use it, even if they should not have been awarded the time-out in the first place. Play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. NFHS Rule 4-36 describes the details of that.

2. A player can recover a fumble. A fumble is not a pass, so there was nothing wrong with the action you have described during this throw-in.
Since the ball broke the boundary plane, the defender has the right to contact it.

2.a. When the thrower extends his arms through the boundary plane and is fouled on the inbounds side of that plane this is a personal foul. Furthermore, it is a common foul. There was an NFHS test question on that a couple of years ago.