Running out of Bounds

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Good call, but it took some explaining to the coach for him to understand what his player had done wrong.

My experience is similar to this - since it is seldom called it requires a little explanation.

I saw it called by the same official three times in one quarter in a JV game last yr. I thought the coach was gonna have a stroke!

I've only called it once.

Originally Posted by grunewar

I saw it called by the same official three times in one quarter in a JV game last yr. I thought the coach was gonna have a stroke!

Three times? I can do better. I called it 5 times on both teams in the same quarter. I thought the coaches were going to have fisticuffs and blame each other for violating each other.

[mbyron]

I don't have an entry in the competition. I usually have to call this at lower levels after a conversation like this:

Coach: Sandy, you've got to get to the basket!

Sandy: But they were standing there!

Coach: Well go around them!

Sandy: OK [runs OOB around them on the next play].

[Indianaref]

Four years ago, my very first game in stripes, I watched a kid run out of bounds and back in. No whistle, just watched. Now, everytime this subject is brought up I think about that moment. Haven't had this happen since.