Is this taught in camp?

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Interesting timing for this thread. I've started to do this myself.

I was watching some varsity officials to pick up some ideas, and I noticed that one would bounce the ball to a "thrower-in" from 5-10 feet in front of the endline on a BCELTI, when there's no defensive pressure. It never occurred to me to try that, so I've been doing it myself.

If the there's a throw-in violation, I'm still going to see it clearly, and it's not like there's a plane violation to see. So, what's the downside?

It can become a habit and/or result in surprise pressure or token pressure that results in a steal/turnover and contested layup/dunk/OB back at that basket that you will have very little chance of ruling on accurately because you've been completely beaten on the play. And exactly what APG said.

[bainsey]

There it is, then. I have enough habits to break. I don't need to add another. Thanks.

[Rich]

I call this the Tim Higgins mechanic. And I saw it in practice today when watching Big East highlights. I thought maybe he had retired.