Jump Ball to start the Game

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by LeRoy

I was watching a 7th grade game yesterday and during the start of the game the Jump ball was caught by two other players and they had those players jump the ball to start the game. I have looked in the case book and can not find anything. I would just restart the game with the original 2 people at the circle. Any comments or case book number.

Think of it this way. The AP has not been established. You have a held ball between two players. Why would you allow two different players to jump?

[zm1283]

This happened to me last year for the very first time, and I had the two original jumpers jump again. I wasn't sure if that was right, so I looked it up after the game and saw the correct ruling.

What would you know it happens this past Monday again in a JH girls game. The two girls involved in the held ball looked at me like I had three eyes when I told them they would be the ones jumping this time.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Think of it this way. The AP has not been established. You have a held ball between two players. Why would you allow two different players to jump?

For those of us "of a certain age" who grew up jumping every held ball, it makes perfect sense.