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How Do You Toss the Ball (Opening Tip)?
Think it might be an interesting thread~
I'm expecting a lot of stylish answers :) I had been doing one hand (above head - shooting style) since I started reffing until last year. Now it's the two hand tossing (like Ken Mauer/Monty McCutchen). Be even more interesting if you post your own picture of tossing the ball~~ |
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BTW, I use one hand. The only time I screw it up is when I work a middle school game coached by the association president. |
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Practically 45 degrees.
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
Troubles with both one-hand and two-handed toss from a still position for me a number of years ago, so I tried and practiced it this way. I kinda approach the two players and sorta do a layup upwards between them. Goes like this:
1. From about three feet away, I say, "After the whistle I'm going up with the toss." 2. Blow whistle 3. Spit whistle out of mouth 4. Take one short step onto my left foot as I execute a dribble. 5. Gather the ball and plant my right foot. 6. Toss the ball one handed straight up in between two jumpers. Haven't had U1 or U2 whistle me for either a bad toss or travelling on the play since beginning this method in '03. If I were fouled after gathering the ball, I'm sure some smart-aleck is gonna call "On the Floor!", however. :D |
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I toss with two hands overhead.
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I do it one-handed starting with the ball above my head. I give a little push from the elbow. I don't bounce the ball, I walk straight in with the ball pre-positioned. I'm also 6' 5".
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At a camp one year had a supervisor (ex D1 official) who said he felt the best way to practice your toss is to stand underneath a basket and toss it through the ring from underneath.
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Expecting or Unexpecting?
I guess one other interesting question is - should you let the players be aware of the moment you're gonna toss the ball? Some refs seem to giving the players a hint right before he tosses the ball while the others just toss it unexpectedly?
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One quick blast of whistle, step into circle use one hand like a jump shot, but more like a shot put into the air and as I toss, I am telling players, see you at halftime, I watch the ball go up (the one time I watch the ball in the air) and observe when the players tap the ball. After that, I turtle and hope that I don't get plowed over.
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Quick whistle, let the whistle go and hold it in my non-throwing hand (that way I know it's not in my mouth - teaching from an instructor years ago), hold the ball in the other and place myself between jumpers and pause (don't want either trying to time the toss). One-handed push to an imaginary basket like has already been mentioned.
Never purchased a copy of this one, but here's a link of me last year just after a toss: Middle School Basketball Championships | High School Sports | Gwinnett Daily Post |
I use a two handed toss.
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Guess I don't have to, do I? At least I don't say, "OK, everyone hold your spots." :eek: |
I work out so I dont have to use my hands.....
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'Interestinging that many seem to use the one handed push which is what I use. But locally, I think I'm the only one who uses that technique. I've tried them all over the years and this is the one that is most consistent for me in terms of proper height and also it's usually straight (I'll probably toss it crooked tonight now that I've said that- CIS pre-season game).
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Early on I was kind of chided by a few vets for using two hands, because I'm fairly tall. Especially around younger kids. Since then, I've done it with one hand, basically squeezing fingers and thumb together when my arm becomes fully extended (have to stop doing that). Always have to remember to get the right balance of thumb and finger pressure or, sure enough, that 45-degree-angle thing could take over. :( :eek:
Going to stand under a hoop and practice from now on. |
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1. Whistle blown from outside the circle. 2. Step in with the ball up 3. Short shot-put. The only difference is that I'm not 6'5"....but 6'. I used to do an underhanded one-hand toss...did it that way for 15+ years. Then it started going a little goofy so I decided to change to a new technique. Not so much that the underhanded version was bad (it does have more movement so there is more chance for it to stray) but just to force me to re-concentrate on what I was doing. |
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Too close to the players...
sometimes i saw some guys standing right in the middle of the two players which i anticipate a hit to the refs after the ball's been tapped by the players... the three men (two jumpers + ref) almost lined-up... the ref could toss pretty straight up though. however he gets more chances of being hit by the big dudes
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