First Game

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Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Team in backcourt inbounded the ball after a TO. I had a ten second call. One of the coaches was complaining that the clock didn't start. After conversing with the timekeeper. It was determined that he did start the clock albeit late, thus I did not have definate knowledge of what the time should have been. I usually am pretty good at keeping track of that stuff but this time I didn't look to see what the time was or if the clock started on the throw in. Lessons learned: Always look at the clock right after inbounding the ball to see the time and ensure that it properly starts. We didn't change the time but had he not started the clock at all and I had a ten count, we could have set the clock to 10 seconds less by rule, correct?

It was 3:34 left in the 4th quarter BTW. I pay much closer attention to the clock starts and stops when there is under 2 minutes left and especially in the fourth quarter.

I would have done as you did. Great habit to look at the clock right after a throwin. Just officiate about 50 5th-6th grade games with parent volunteers running the clock and you'll always check the clock!