Why? It's a five or 10 second count for a reason.

I fall on the side of trying to get my counts right. If I have a 10 second call at 10 seconds so be it. I don't give extra time..

Agreed. But, it's better (imo) to be at 11 than to be at 9.

If my count is calibrated right, they should get about 10.5 seconds anyway. If I am visibly counting the inbounds pass with my right hand, that means I am chopping the clock with my left. I will then count the backcourt with my left hand. That will automatically give the offense approximately .5 second.

If I am administering the throw-in, I will not start my count until I back away from the thrower a step or two. That gives them about a .5 second too. Once I start my count, its 5 or 10 on the nose (or as close as I can get).

When I said I try to be alittle slow, I didn't mean I'm trying to give 15 seconds....I just don't want to be at 9. Since officials can get pumped during a good game and really move their arm too fast, I make a consious effort to make sure I'm just a shade over.

I know, maybe we can argue for a couple of days if the count should be exact.

What's a .5 of a second, give or take .25 anyways!!!!!!

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Always listen to bob. Happy New Year.

Not when the ball is deflected out of bounds and the shot clock shows 10+ seconds elapsed. Of course, you can always blame the shot clock timer for starting too early.

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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.: This is the way you start the New Year, by stretching the truth, or telling, what my grandmother used to call, "white lies"? My ex called this a lie of omission. Maybe you've only been doing college games for 38 years, but we all know that you've been doing lower level games for a lot longer than that. How many times have you talked about holding the ladder for "Jimmy" when he first decided to hang up those peach baskets?

Let me rephrase -- it's never worse to be at 11 than to be at 9.

While the official in your example would catch some grief, so would the official who called a violation when the shot clock showes 9 seconds elapsed.

(all assuming immediate control and a proper shot clock, of course).

ROFLMAO :D

MTD, Sr.

Actually, I was referring to the count in my head. If it's a coach counting, it's more like
ONE! TWO!
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Snaq's is right I worked with a young kid a week or so agoa and he had three seconds on the brain, he must have called 8 of them in the first quarter.
both the fans and the coaches quit asking for them then.
And everyone that he called was a three second call by the rules.
our conversation between quarters was, I am not saying you made the wrong calls, I a asking youdid those calls fit the game we had in front of us -
he called a couple more through out the game but they were much more in tune with the game.

This season, I haven't even had to say much to the players; maybe three times all season. "Get out of the lane." I don't use a color or number, as it's obvious to the players who needs to get out of the lane.

Not always so obvious when working jr-high girls b-ball, but I understand the point.....