Klutzy on the End Line

[mbyron]

I think I would have stopped play to let him recover the ball. The ball was never at his disposal if he was fumbling for it, and he was not deliberately running clock.

[Loudwhistle]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I think I would have stopped play to let him recover the ball. The ball was never at his disposal if he was fumbling for it, and he was not deliberately running clock.

+1 I had a "highly coordinated" JV boy that muffed a perfect bounce pass by me during a throwin. He basically put his hands together before the ball got to him and the ball bounced off his fingers and landed out on the floor. I blew my whistle and said, oops my fault, bad pass! I looked over at his coach as I was getting ready to pass the ball to the kid again and he had a huge grin. It was extremely hard not to smile myself.

[tref]

Originally Posted by Loudwhistle

+1 I had a "highly coordinated" JV boy that muffed a perfect bounce pass by me during a throwin. He basically put his hands together before the ball got to him and the ball bounced off his fingers and landed out on the floor. I blew my whistle and said, oops my fault, bad pass! I looked over at his coach as I was getting ready to pass the ball to the kid again and he had a huge grin. It was extremely hard not to smile myself.

You administered that throw-in, in the OP it was after a made basket.

[Loudwhistle]

Originally Posted by tref

You administered that throw-in, in the OP it was after a made basket.

Correct, just trying to show that an official can can blow it dead and start things over. Sounded like another "highly coordinated" player. In both instances, the ball was basically muffed for whatever reason.

[tref]

Originally Posted by Loudwhistle

Correct, just trying to show that an official can can blow it dead and start things over. Sounded like another "highly coordinated" player. In both instances, the ball was basically muffed for whatever reason.

Absolutely! Just wondering if the procedure in 9.1.1 relates to this