Jump Ball - Movement Prior to Touch

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Fri Jul 26, 2013, 07:58am

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Why would a referee want to state, "Don't move", or, "Hold your spots", before tossing the ball? Stupid referee.

Because if the players don't move then the official doesn't need to worry about whether they moved on or off or around and whether it was before the ball was tossed or touched.

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