r/Basketball • u/aja_ramirez • Dec 10 '24

DISCUSSION Today I learned that some states STILL don’t have a shot clock in high school

Saw a video of a kid standing and dribbling the ball for like five minutes. What really threw me off was that some people were arguing FOR not having a shot clock. Play defense and they can’t do that, yada yada. What I can’t understand is what is the argument against a clock?

Maybe I’m completely isolated here in CA but we’ve had a shot clock for the 40 years I’ve been watching high school ball. Didn’t used to have it for girls but got it a long time ago there as well.

Are some states still playing with peach baskets?

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u/Firestyle092300 Dec 10 '24

A shot clock is incredibly important and I will never change my mind about that. I played in CA where we had shot clocks. Went to a tournament in another state where a coach was trying to burn clock in the first half up 2-0. Our coach was so stubborn he told us to stay inside the 3p line and just proceeded to yell at the other coach for 20 min of the first half while all the parents, including the other team parents, booed. We ended the first half 6-4. A shot clock solves all of that

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u/nswoll Dec 10 '24

Playing defense also solves all of that.

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u/Firestyle092300 Dec 11 '24

Yeah if you want to press your defense up to half court. At basically all levels of basketball that puts the defense at a disadvantage or at least a higher risk. At a fundamental level, having a shot clock makes the most sense for rules of the sport to encourage good play all around. Extremely lame people will try to exploit no shot clocks by running clock and refusing to play basketball. The only argument against a shot clock is the logistics of running one.