Throw In Violation??

[Rock'nRef]

Hi Guys (and gals),

First off, let me say THANK YOU for sharing your expertise with the world. I am a first year high school official and I have been "leaning" on this site to answer many questions as I learn much more about a sport that I have loved to compete in for years and thought that I knew "in and out", but am learning that I have a long, long way to go. Anyway, I experienced my first scrimmage recently and had the following situation arrise:

Player A-1 completes throw-in to player A-2. Player A-1 waits for about 5 seconds to come back inbounds (designed play?). My partner called a Technical Foul and stated that the thrower must enter the court immediately following the pass. After discussion at our chapter meeting this week, the feeling was that this was not a violation. Comments??

RR