Delay of inbound

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by APG

This is not a situation where you can assess a delay of game warning. Under NFHS rules, there are only four situations where you can assess a DOG warning, and this is not one of them.

Either wait for the thrower to get OOB and administer the throw-in or put the ball on the ground and start the throw-in. I would highly suggest going with the first option.

I'm not standing by idly while this is going on. Had it this weekend and I told the thrower-in to step out. I say it every time immediately upon recognition of what's being attempted.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'm not standing by idly while this is going on. Had it this weekend and I told the thrower-in to step out. I say it every time immediately upon recognition of what's being attempted.

I do exactly the same - I will say "step out" one time and then if they don't, I'll drop the ball out of bounds and start my count.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Smitty

I do exactly the same - I will say "step out" one time and then if they don't, I'll drop the ball out of bounds and start my count.

The correct mechanic is to place the ball on the floor AND sound the whistle.
Please don't just drop the ball so that it bounces in the throw-in spot.

[crosscountry55]

Had a veteran official the other day who said to my partner in a critique, "you don't want to put the ball on the floor in that situation." An hour later I'm home watching a D1 game on ESPN2 and saw an official put the ball on the floor after a pretty short wait while the thrower was focused on getting instructions from the bench. Opinions are like @$$holes, I guess...

For me, when the wait becomes ludicrous and the thrower has repeatedly ignored me, I'll put it down. And yes, I sound the whistle when doing this; one final opportunity to indicate, "dude, I'm serious!"

[bainsey]

Here, we sound the whistle, point in the direction, say the color, set the ball down, and start counting.

I'll wait a few seconds after the second horn, but if the team(s) make no attempt to come out of the huddle(s), I look at my partner, nod, and set the ball down. Teams know we do this, so we seldom have this problem.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Here, we sound the whistle, point in the direction, say the color, set the ball down, and start counting.

I'll wait a few seconds after the second horn, but if the team(s) make no attempt to come out of the huddle(s), I look at my partner, nod, and set the ball down. Teams know we do this, so we seldom have this problem.

What do you do when thrower-in stays inbounds so his team can set up?

[Welpe]

I probably have a shorter amount of patience than some of my peers with this.
"Let's go, white!" If they still want to stall, I'm giving them another beat and then putting it down, whistling and starting my count. In my experience, that does tend to fix it after one or two occurrences.

Just please don't issue a DOG warning.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

What do you do when thrower-in stays inbounds so his team can set up?

Similar to what Welpe already stated.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The correct mechanic is to place the ball on the floor AND sound the whistle.
Please don't just drop the ball so that it bounces in the throw-in spot.

That's fair. And since you said please and all, I'll change my mechanic on this in the future.