Substitution prior to opening tip?

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Originally Posted by VolDoug

My daughter, a sophomore in high school, tore her ACL early in the season and is done for the year.

We have two Seniors on the team who have expressed an interest in having her announced as a starter and take the court on Senior Night in a couple of weeks. But, they want to approach the coach and give him an option that he might be agreeable to, as they are sure that he won't want to give up a timeout or allow an easy basket.

Would it be allowable to have her take the court, and then have a substitute come in prior to the tip?

I have done this in a couple of different ways. Always tell both coaches what is going on and how it is going to be handled.

This is always seen as a positive. Throw out the rule book and make it right for the player, the coaches have never had an issue.

1. Allow the person on the court for the jump ball. As soon as a team has posession, blow play dead and allow the sub to come in and replace.

2. Allow the person on the court for the jump ball and intentionally have a very bad toss that gets blown dead by one of your partners. Allow the sub to come in.

3. Do a ceremonial tip, then do the real one.

4. This one was the best, put the injured player next to his or her goal. Throw the tip, no matter who gets, the pass goes to the player and he / she scores and then you blow dead and allow sub. This is normally for a senior person in last game of season kind of thing.