Throw In - Ball at disposal of a player

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by Adam

For me, it's about the intent of the rule. The rule is that the team has 5 seconds to complete the throw in, so why someone would want to start the count before the throw in can even be legally completed is beyond me. Well, other than to get an extra few "gotcha" calls in a 5th grade girls game.

This is the danger of people reading the rules on their own and discovering things they didn't know. This guy read the rules, and saw "at the disposal" defined, in part, by "available" and didn't take into account the context and intent.

Me thinks those doing 5th grade games don't tend to be the best trained (if at all) or most experienced (if at all) . . .