Signaling a Jump Ball in Basketball

Video Transcript

"DAVE TYLER: Another violation that occurs when the offensive team has the ball and they're tied up by the defensive team. When this occurs, we have what we call a jump ball. The proper mechanic would be whistle then would go to the table and make sure that we see which way the possession arrow goes. There's no longer a jump--an actual jump ball, we'd go by the possession arrow. At the beginning of each half, the possession arrow will start at that. That's how we start the second half. So we start the game with a jump ball and after that we strictly go with the possession arrow. So here, we're going to see our offensive player has the ball in the post and the defensive player--both players have possession. In that situation, we'll blow the whistle and have a jump ball in that situation. Then we check the table and make sure we see which way the ball is going. Let's take another look. Player has the ball. Both players are tied up and in that situation we have a jump ball. Player going up and shot is--and he's going to hold the ball and here we got a jump ball because both players we're in the air. In that situation, we have a jump ball. Let's see that one more time. Jump ball, here we go. Before the ball became loose, it was a jump ball."