Rule 4 section 21

[Hawks Coach]

Coach
I agree that this is mis-called many times. And catching the ball seems to be a lot harder than it should be.

I agree with what Mick says, by the way. I tell my players not to put it in the hands of the officials. sure there's a rule, but if you don't focus and play right, you are taking your chance on the official seeing it the same way you do. Play clean and there's a lot less chance of anything gettting misinterpreted.

I can tell you that almost our entire warm-up includes passing (except when we do some focused dribbling work if time allows. I watch immediately for lack of focus, both on the part of the passer and receiver. We also talk about warming up properly before we even start. If it goes bad, I stop the entire warm-up, get them focused, and start again. It has helped considerably and contributed to us starting much faster than we used to in games. But we still have those days. . .