Those days are over.
After shooting down measures at least twice in the past, the Representative Assembly of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association not only passed a shot-clock amendment, it did so overwhelmingly, by a vote of 42-11.Via Dr. Pezz, who explains the change as a generation thing. We've come to expect speed in professional and college hoops, and now we'll get speed in the boys' preps game. (Girls were decades ahead on this one.)
Starting next season, every high-school boys basketball game will have a 35-second shot clock. The clock will be reset when a shot hits the rim.
Up-tempo, at long last.
Dribble dribble pass shoot miss tip tip rebound clear pass dribble dribble dribble lay-in score!
5 comments:
I hated the shot clock until I realized how it boosts the value of defense. I'm not a big fan of a speeded up game (I'm a Big 10 fan after all), but I love watching the defense force a shot-clock violation.
And 35 seconds seems reasonable for the high school level. (I'd like to see the college game adopt a 30-second clock.)
The reset on any shot is a bit of a cop out though. I think hitting the rim should be required to reset the shot clock.
Still, this is a good change.
I'm confused, good doctor. The Times says it resets "when a shot hits the rim."
Sorry. That was the original proposal which was later amended. My fault.
Some coaches wanted to make any shot count to reset the clock, which would of course make officials have to judge whether or not the shot was legitimate (just like an air balled "shot" can be caught or tipped by the shooter if the official says the shot was real). The advantage here would have been to allow an air ball or hard shot off the board to be caught to reset the clock and keep possession.
This rule change will definitely help the game. I went to about 20 or so games this year around the state and watched at least half those games go into a stall. Ugh!
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