Leaving Court for an Unauthorized Reason

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Rich1

Now, my question: Since this is occuring a little more often, what do you do when you call it? Do any of you have a hand signal or specific phrase you like to use? Do you call it an "out of bounds" violation or something else?

I had this happen twice in a MS boys game this season. The first time, I tried to be preventative with a "Stay inbounds #__." The next time down, he went out of bounds again and went farther out of bounds than the previous time, so I called the violation. The team's coach wasn't happy. The opposing coach even insisted there was no such rule.

When I called it, I just pointed out of bounds and said, "#__ left the court for an unauthorized reason, white ball."