Player enters a court without being beckoned.

[refiator]

I wouldn't assess a T in this case...Unless I can T the table.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by refiator

Unless I can T the table.

... and then make them all sit down. That'll teach 'em.

[just another ref]

Hard to overlook two things. Dead ball horn, no beckon, he walks in, quickly jump in front and stop him. Horn and he walks onto the court during a live ball, he's asking for it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Dead ball horn, no beckon, he walks in, quickly jump in front and stop him.

That's the way we handle this specific situation here in my little corner of Connecticut. I never seen a technical foul charged in this specific situation. Most of us will actually make the player go all the way back to the table, and only then, beckon him into the game.

[zm1283]

I have rarely had problems with this up until this season for some reason. It seems like every other game (Maybe it's most of the JV games?) I am getting kids just coming on to the court without us beckoning them. Usually it is when the whistle is blown for a foul, and before I can get to the table to report it they are starting to come on the court. I just wave them back to the table, report the foul, then beckon them. Part of this is on the table crew, as some of them hit the horn as soon as they hear the whistle and the kids are like Pavlov's dogs with the horn.

[KJUmp]

If we chose to stop play as he walks on the court and re-do the throw-in, where's the spot?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

If we chose to stop play as he walks on the court and re-do the throw-in, where's the spot?

I'm a little confused by your question, but if he comes onto the court without being beckoned during a live ball, the spot will be at the division line, opposite the table.