A Rare Free Throw Violation

[rsl]

Called this once in a HS rec game. Ugly game, losers down by fifteen and playing with only three due two foul outs and an ejection. The winners are shooting a FT and clearly take more than 10 seconds.

I blow the violation and find out afterwards that shooter is mentally handicapped, and was playing for one of the few times all season because they were up by fifteen with a two man advantage.

The handicap was not visible, but I still felt pretty stupid ...

[BktBallRef]

I have called this once, in a varsity game.

Just like Bob Delaney, I got to 13 seconds before I made the call.

I'm not worried about 10 or 11. But 13. TWEET!!!

Team A Coach yelled, "I told you someobdy was gonna call it on you!"

[Indianaref]

Saw this called in one of my very first games as an official. Thank God I learned from here that we should be very, very loose on this violation.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I have called this once, in a varsity game.

Just like Bob Delaney, I got to 13 seconds before I made the call.

I'm not worried about 10 or 11. But 13. TWEET!!!

Team A Coach yelled, "I told you someobdy was gonna call it on you!"

There was a kid who had an elaborate routine including passing the ball around his body a couple times that I was hoping would result in 10. He was a terrible FT shooter and a hothead who took some tea from time to time. More than a 10 count, I was hoping he'd fumble it away while he was showing off.