I had to write this one down

[Mark Padgett]

Spring league freshman boys game. A1 is inbounding on a spot throw in. B1 is guarding A2 and he has his back to A1. As A1 inbounds, A2 moves over a few feet and B1 slides over with him, always with his back to A1. The inbound pass hits B1 in the back of the shoe and caroms back toward A1 who jumps and catches the ball before he has touched inbounds. I call the OOB violation on A1 and award the ball to team B.

Coach A goes nuts and screams for a kicked ball on B1. I tell him that a kick must be intentional and B1 couldn't possibly have known where the pass was because he had his back to the ball.

Before I tell you the coach's response, perhaps you'd better sit down. He then yells, "But maybe he saw it in a reflection". No, I am not making this up. It was all I could do to stop myself from saying to the coach, who is follicly challenged, "You mean, like off your head?"

Of course, this facility has multiple mirrors hanging from the ceiling. Yeah, right. My partner laughed so hard we had to take an official's timeout.