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Clock Management and Do-Over Throw-In Procedure
This play demonstrates the importance of proper clock mechanics and crew awareness. The game clock mistakenly starts when Seattle passes the ball between teammates out of bounds, which should not occur. The Center incorrectly chops the clock, a responsibility reserved for the Lead, but the Trail shows excellent awareness by immediately stopping play before the ball is legally touched. Because of this timely whistle, the crew correctly re-administers the throw-in with 30.5 seconds remaining and all privileges intact. This is one of the rare “do-over” situations permitted by rule. Had the mistake been caught later, officials would reset the clock at the monitor and resume from the point of interruption. A key teaching point: apply game awareness—if the offense is nearing a 5-second violation, let the play continue and fix the clock afterward.
Play BreakDown
On this play, the game clock improperly starts when the Seattle teammates pass the ball to each other while out of bounds. The Center official should not be chopping in the clock, that should be the sole responsibility of the Lead. The Trail position does an outstanding job noticing that the game clock is improperly running and kills the play. Since the Trail blows his whistle before the ball is legally touched, we will re-administer the throw in with 30.5 seconds with all throw in privileges. This is one of the few times we are allowed to have a do over. If the crew didn’t catch the mistake until the ball was legally touched, we would decide how much time should be taken off the clock at the monitor and inbound at the point of interruption with the offense receiving a new 10 seconds in the backcourt. Note, it’s important to have feel for the game in a situation like this. If the offensive team is close to a 5 second violation, we would not want to kill this play, we can always fix the clock later.
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