Coach didn't like violation call

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Originally Posted by cmhjordan23

Tie game with about 10 seconds left. Visiting team inbounding ball endline backcourt. Five second violation. Home team inbounding ball under own basket. Five second violation. The coach didn't like the call because thrower released ball before I blew my whistle. My partner told me this coach was a former official. I explained to the coach that the ball becomes dead on the violation. Not on the whistle. Would anybody handle this differently? Visiting team drove the court to win the game. No OT.

As long as your count for the V violation = count for H violation, you did well. The ball could be out of the player's hands, though mot by very much at all.

My personal method is to make sure the ball isn't "coming out of the hands" as I hit 5. This prevents an errant quick whistle. In reality, I probably give 5 seconds plus a heartbeat. I think it's better than constantly having violations.