Shot clock in HS Ball
I'm from Mississippi, and I would have loved to play with a shot clock. My coach was the WORST coach/instructor/teacher I've ever had in anything in my life, so if the other team was up by 5 or so with a couple minutes left, they would always be able to run out the clock because of the crappy traps and presses he thought would work. It makes the game more tense to me
Well we almost always did a 1-3-1 halfcourt trap, which barely ever worked. Sometimes our 2-2-1 halfcourt trap would work, but half the time it wouldn't. On our fullcourt presses, they would be standard ones like 2-1-2's and 2-2-1's, but he would put people in the wrong spots for their position and have them covering the wrong spots. He literally knew nothing about teaching basketball
I think basketball needs to go to a 24 second shot clock on all levels and 30 second max at the HS and college levels. I think it helps the pace of the game and helps the kids make split decisions. I think it makes the game better and more competitive.
I've seen plenty of less talented teams beat teams just simply by slowing the play down by passing it around nonstop avoiding 5 second calls and keeping the ball out of the other team's hands. It makes the games extremely boring and end up very low scoring.
There are only 8 States in which a shot clock is being used in High School (California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Washington) 30-35 seconds for boys and 30 seconds for girls.
I believe there should be a rule into play that all States be required to use a shot clock in High School to prepare the athletes for collegiate play. Without there being a shot clock in other States it his it's advantages on the outcome of games.
What are your thoughts on the shot clock rule?