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Interesting strategy.
Normally when the second free throw shot is made, the players just play on and the clock starts. Sometimes, when there is a sub waiting for the shooter, we whistle to allow the sub.
Tonight the varsity coach of one team would send in a sub at every second free throw at their basket. Afterward, during the post game I asked about that. One of the other officials has more experience with this coach. He said that he does that to keep the fast break from happening. Rita |
That would do it. Interesting.
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My high school coach used this strategy a lot, mainly when we were pressing. It's a great strategy to allow a team to set up defensively after the made basket.
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My question is, (no rulebooks in front of me) wouldn't the other coach pick up on that and complain about it?
In your OP, you didn't make it clear whether or not the sub was for the shooter every time. Could you clarify? |
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I teach high school and obviously never call my school's games. However, before the season starts I always offer a rules clinic/Q&A session with the school teams. This year I asked the coach if he had any questions on the rules (he's a first-year coach). He said no, that he hadn't even seen a rules book. I was stunned. So I asked one of our former assistants (who started officiating this year, BTW) and he said in his 13 year coaching career the coaching staff was never given a rule book by any school he worked at. I guess that explains a lot if it's a common practice. |
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I'm kind of glad that some teams (coaches) actually know the rules and use them to their advantage over the negligent ones. |
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