The Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by vatennball

I was at a high school game and following a made basket the inbounding teams player held the ball for 3 seconds and then inbounded the ball. His teammate allowed the ball to roll upcourt without touching it. The official call a 5 second violation stating his teammate has to touch the ball for the 5 second count to stop. I did not think this was the corret interpetation, but did not know what section to reference. Any help would be appreciated.

NFHS rule 9-2-4. Bad call.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

NFHS rule 9-2-4. Bad call.

Good call. Twenty-five years ago.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Good call. Twenty-five years ago.

Before the gap, it was the law of the land. Also, no time outs granted once a count of 4 was reached on an in bound play or 8 seconds for a 10 second count.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Before the gap, it was the law of the land. Also, no time outs granted once a count of 4 was reached on an in bound play or 8 seconds for a 10 second count.

I had a varsity HC try to tell me last year during a game that the other team couldn't request a timeout since I was at four in my five-second count. Of course I'm not that old so I didn't know the old rule at that point, so I just sort of laughed it off to myself. Turns out I should have told him to pay attention when he's copying the answers on his rules test.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I had a varsity HC try to tell me last year during a game that the other team couldn't request a timeout since I was at four in my five-second count. Of course I'm not that old so I didn't know the old rule at that point, so I just sort of laughed it off to myself. Turns out I should have told him to pay attention when he's copying the answers on his rules test.

Or perhaps you should have told him to make sure he was not copying off of someone's 1985 test. I am thinking that the change may have been made closer to 1989 or so....

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

No time outs granted once a count of 4 was reached on an in bound play or 8 seconds for a 10 second count.

Ah, it's the old "Change Of Status" trick.