Stealing the tap

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Amesman

That's right -- almost like a delayed violation on the non-shooting team during FTA. Who cares if R has to dig for his whistle and takes a few seconds to call the early steal on the toss? That is the only thing he is clearly looking at so he can, and should be able to, call it with more clarity than U.

Again, this is more of an issue with 2-man. But the player who steals it on the way up probably has made a habit of it, and often his team also has probably learned to quickly profit from it (illegally yet probably with impunity). T'ain't right.

A few years ago in Iowa I had a sophomore boys team three games in a row (away, home, away) by a scheduling fluke. First one they caught me off guard by stealing the tip and I flat out missed it. Next game I nailed them (I was U) for it; it helped to be expecting it.

Third game, they didn't try it; but we had a fight at the end.