Sometimes, the officials tell them this. And, sometimes, it's said by officials who should know better.

Yep

May be paraphrasing ... but the idea was to get people to move out of the lane before a 3 second call must be made on a play where no real advantage is being gained ...

I don't say that, even. "Keep moving" is the farthest I'll go.

I called four 3-second violations all season. My regular partner called none. He leaves the ones that need to be gotten to me.

Same here with the "keep moving." "Stay out" might be taken literally by some kids and no, I'm not kidding.

Had an example of a kid in a GV game yesterday taking things too literally. I told her coach to remind the girl to leave the ball alone after her team scores. She tells the girl, "don't touch the ball after a basket."...then the next time the opponent scores, the girl runs away from the ball like it's on fire.

Wow. I have either seen officials tell players to do this or have seen players do this on their own every time. So I assumed it was in the rules.

I'll know better next time I broadcast a game. This is why I love this board. Thanks.

Restrictions (NFHS, NCAA) are the same as they are for anyone who isn't on the lane at any other time: outside the three-point arc and above the FTLE.

I had a lenghty discussion with Senior/State caliber official who always says "Hold your spots". I guess he wins. He is doing State games. not me.

This is right up there with "speaking captains" for me. Each of these traditions really need to stop. :mad:

Same in the NBA...and you'll actually see that the players know this as well.

Since their position behind the division line during tech/int foul FT's is legal, what would you say? "You don't have to go that far..." ;)

Enough Is Enough ...
 

Toss a coin, or give the damn ball to the visitors.

Back when we were tossing jump balls several times a game, in three different circles, all of us knew the jump ball rules as well as any other part of the rulebook: before the toss, during the toss, after the tap, on the circle, off the circle, jumpers, non-jumpers, etc. Coaches had set jump ball plays, defensive jumps, offensive jumps, jumps near their basket, jumps near their opponent's basket, etc., and the coaches taught the jump ball rules to their players. Officials used to practice their tossing techniques.

Now, once a game, the tallest players on each team square off against each other, the referee tries to make a decent toss, and the umpire just hopes that nothing "weird" happens because many of us, including me, don't know the jump balls rules as well as we knew them years ago. That's why we have the various myths, like "Hold your spots". I haven't seen a tough jump ball question on an IAABO Refresher Exam in years, that's gotta tell you something.

I think he meant say anything to his partners.

I was told, years ago, to not let the players, around the circle, stand with a foot behind an opponent.
Also, several of the High Schools in our area have a decorative circle surrounding the Center Circle, that is about 18 inches wide. It's common for the non-jumpers to stay behind that circle, rather than approaching the actual 6' radius circle. I usually tell them they can stand at the actual circle.

That's correct. It's only a requirement, though, if they are within 3' of the circle. I think the OP was talking about players farther away than that.

I wouldn't tell them this. I would answer if asked.