Delay Of Game ...

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Correct. Then it's the same as the defender reaching across to touch the ball while still in the in-bounder's hands -- a team technical.

The situation cited above is, BTW, why it's important to train officials never to casually leave the endline prior to the actual release of the inbounds pass. This habit, if engrained by casuality or indifference, will carry over to that rare when the need to observe these kinds of plays and violations. The fallback to guessing will kick a guy in the butt. Therefore, trail--be trail. Don't leave that endline early on a throw-in.

Let's be real, this will only happen if there is full court pressure. In the absence of full court pressure this isn't an issue and I can assume most of us will leave the endline when we see fit to leave the endline. In most cases it will be early.

If there is full court pressure why in the heck would you be running out ahead of the ball?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

Let's be real, this will only happen if there is full court pressure. In the absence of full court pressure this isn't an issue and I can assume most of us will leave the endline when we see fit to leave the endline. In most cases it will be early.

If there is full court pressure why in the heck would you be running out ahead of the ball?

In 3-man, there is no reason to leave the end line early. I still occasionally catch myself doing it, and try to immediately correct myself.

[deecee]

I agree that in 3-man, for the most part, there isn't. But the reality is that it happens, and within 3 steps the kids are ahead of us anyway. My point was that when this violation were to occur there is no reason for the T to be off the endline. It's a full court press!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

In 3-man, there is no reason to leave the end line early. I still occasionally catch myself doing it, and try to immediately correct myself.

Me too, but I don't see much difference, in this aspect, between 2 and 3.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by deecee

I can assume most of us will leave the endline when we see fit to leave the endline. In most cases it will be early.

I question that assumption and I know it's drilled to NOT do it at all the camps I've attended.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I question that assumption and I know it's drilled to NOT do it at all the camps I've attended.

In normal transition, after a made basket, with no full court press it's been my experience that very few officials stand on the endline or behind it and only when the ball is inbounded do they start moving up, especially in 2 man. By the time the ball is inbounded the T is usually couple feet behind the play anyway, but as to actually waiting behind the inbounder all the time, I just don't see it. We cheat out here way more often than we do as the T on rebounds, and that is also something that is drilled NOT to do. It's just what happens most of the time in an effort to (1) not get beat and/or (2) get a jump on what we know/assume is coming.

[Adam]

I prefer waiting and jogging just a slight bit faster while the pg brings the ball up. Cheating doesn't do me any good on this play.

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by Adam

I prefer waiting and jogging just a slight bit faster while the pg brings the ball up. Cheating doesn't do me any good on this play.

Yep.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I question that assumption and I know it's drilled to NOT do it at all the camps I've attended.

Ditto.

Those who leave early around here betray their propensity to not have to hustle upcourt as trail.
Leave early = more time to walk and look lazy.
Albeit it is sometimes true that for trail to be trail it mandates a walk, particularly with a team who walks the ball upcourt.