[QUOTE=RichMSN;807779]I prefer, "Keep moving, keep moving" said in that player's direction.
I stole that from one of your posts about three -four years ago and it works well for me. How many times do other officials warn before calling three seconds? I usually give two verbal hints and then bust them at the varsity level.

Yup......

That was the best one!! LOL

I enjoyed the ending comment - "you got outplayed, don't blame the referees".

Maybe you do but a 3 second call doesn't need you to have your eyes fixated on the player for the whole duration. I say "Clear" once. if the player makes no attempt then they get the violation. In an average varsity contest I might have 1 or 2 on the girls side and maybe one on the boys side.

We probably shouldn't play this video at new official training classes. :)

Really? One per game in boys varsity? I may have one per month and I'm not afraid to make this call when it's there and needs to be made.

I'll probably call it 3 or 4 times in a season.

Yup, once a month. :D

I've called one so far this season in 14 varsity games. By the time the players get to the varsity level, they should know to "keep moving."

:D

I'll end up giving more reminders in JV games, but I don't normally call it much more.

I called one tonight.

Worked a 6:20 game (the 7th of 8 games with only 1:35 between games and they were on schedule) and was off the floor by 7:35. Eight minute halftime, no anthem. Me likey.

College length floor, 2-whistle. A good run tonight. I watched the first quarter of the finale - a boys game with 2 of the top 2 big school teams in the area. Again, 2-whistle. Those guys were really hauling a$$.

+1

I'd extend that down to middle school, as well. I remember being taught this rule playing pee-wee basketball at age 9, and even back then, no-one ever told us to keep moving. You learn from making those infractions.

I think you misread me. I'm a proponent of telling them to "keep moving" but this was not early and pretty blatant.