injury ?
 

A1 fouled on a layup . His coach his mom and half a dozen random people come onto the floor to tend to him as he goes down screaming. Does anybody have the casebook play whether A1 shoots the throws. Whether a substitute can shoot them. Can A1 re enter the game at a later point if he doesnt shoot?

Under NFHS rules, A1 does not have to shoot the free throws. Team A's coach will designated a substitute to shoot the free throws. A1 can re enter the game only after the clock has been properly started.

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See 8-2 and if there's no substitute available, the team captain or head coach will select any teammate to attempt the throw(s).

I am under the impression that when the coach comes onto the floor, the player HAS TO come out of the game, and as stated, his replacement shoots the FTs.

Can the coach keep him/her in by using a timeout?

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Yes.

And also once the coach has been beckoned. If a player has been laying on the floor long enough that I beckon the coach then that player needs to leave. Sometimes a coach will refuse to come on the court hoping that will keep his player in the game.

Agreed.

8-2 states a player does not have to shoot. Can he stay in in and shoot if he wants? What if you think he is faking it to get a better shooter at the line?

Once the coach has been beckoned or comes on the court then A1 can only shoot the free throws if Team A uses a time-out.

Not our job to determine if he is faking.

As mentioned above, if the coach is beckoned, the player must be substituted for, or the coach can request a TO to keep that player in the game.

We do not have authority to determine if a player really is injured or not, so all we can do is follow the rules as written. If the sub happens to be a better FT shooter than the "injured" player, so be it. Once the player leaves, they simply cannot return until the next dead ball following the clock running.

I don't see anything in the OP about the coach coming on the floor (unless he's one of the dozen or so), but he'd definitely be "beckoned" under the circumstances.

Are these people coming from the stands? Anyone considering a whack? What level are we talking about here?

I sense exaggeration on the OP's part.

I don't care if it's an assistant coach, trainer, bus driver, or EMT; if anyone comes onto the floor to tend to the player, the coach has thus been beckoned.

And if anyone comes on to the floor and takes the opportunity to try to deal with the officials, then I'll consider a T.

The answer to your question, though, is yes, there is at least one on this board who would consider a T.

Where the heck is that guy? I don't mean "That Guy" (although with what you're implying he might qualify in this situation as "That Guy"

Any trainer, assistant coach, etc that comes onto the court to tend to a player means by extension that I've beckoned the coach and he's sent someone qualified to look at the player.

And if you considered whacking a parent or someone from the stands helping an injured player, then you'd be in the minority...and when I mean minority, I mean only one person on this board that would do that...and I do mean that literally. Doesn't matter what level....college, high school, middle school, 6th grade elite, competitive 4th graders, you get my point, don't do that. I'd venture to say if someone tried to pull that mess, your assignor would not be a huge fan of yours.

Now if a coach or trainer uses this injury time to b*tch and moan, I'd give a very stern warning to look after the player. If they don't heed that advice, WHACK!

You don't?

That's what happens when you read a passage quickly.

In college, when someone gets hurt, I typically see the trainer first, and then a head coach. In high school, the head coach of course, and maybe one or two others. In middle school, always the head coach. (I don't see trainers too often at that level.)

In any game I've worked, I've never seen a parent come out to the floor to tend to their hurt kid. Maybe they leave that to the coach (which they should), or maybe they've been told it's a T if they hit the floor. It happens so seldom for me to have an opinion about it.

Whack a "mom" for coming out of the stands if her kid is injured? Whack someone for trying to help a screaming, injured player? At any level?

Lah me.....NevadaRef lives!

Hope He's Alright ???
 

You sure? Last post was a month ago. Last activity was a few days ago. Has he become a "lurker"?

Nice to be missed guys. ;)

I'm alive and well. Plenty of whacking to do out here as postseason approaches.

Glad you're back, though I must say I'm not really interested in your personal life. :p