Officiating.com's basketball editor, Jim Dixon, discusses the many aspects of the National Federation rules and how to properly officiate them. Each book in this series is designed to improve your understanding of basketball rules and game management. In addition, there are 54 play situations provided in Live Ball / Dead Ball which go a long way toward improving your rules knowledge and best practices approach to interpreting the rules.

Topics that are covered include live balls; dead balls; how to put the ball into play with a jump ball; the alternating possession arrow; jump ball administration; team control; player control; throw-ins and their violations — including AP, spot and running throw-ins — and procedures and potential errors involved in officiating throw-ins, plus exceptions; and officiating play situations involving out-of-bounds, inbounds, ball location, and player location.

Topics covered in Part II of this series include the following:

• Best Practices Approach to Officiating
• Being a Great Communicator with Coaches
• Alternating Possession Situations
• Officiating the Alternating Possession Arrow
• Cardinal Rule to Putting the Ball in Play
• Setting the AP Arrow
• What Is an AP Throw-in? What is a Spot Throw-in?
• Don't Give the Ball to the Wrong Team
• Double Foul - Use the AP Arrow
• Held Ball on an AP Throw-in
• What Can the Thrower Do? What Can the Defender Do?
• Game Horn Does Not Cause a Dead Ball
• Correctable Error and AP Arrow
• Dead Ball: Wedged on the Rim
• Awarding Team Possession is NOT Alternating Possession
• AP Arrow Establishes Team Possession; AP Throw-in Puts Ball in Play
• AP Arrow - Best Practices Approach
• Blowing the Whistle Too Soon
• Call the Obvious
• Held Ball
• Blocked Shots and Held Balls