Quote:
Originally Posted by FlasherZ
... most varsity officials, especially in postseason play, are just allowing physicality almost to the point of getting players hurt. Full body checks, two hand pushes, it's all part of the game now.
|
Maybe where you officiate, but not here in Connecticut.
Consistently enforcing the newer hand check rules, and a new statewide emphasis on calling intentional fouls, and enforcing "king of the hill" loose ball situations, have helped to discourage rough play.
All Connecticut interscholastic basketball is 100% IAABO, so that helps with all officials in the same book and on the same page.
And with one IAABO Connecticut state interpreter (trainer), working very closely with the CIAC, and controlling exactly what the six local IAABO interpreters teach, it's like having "one voice".
With rare exceptions, basketball games at almost 400 different high schools, and just as many middle schools, pretty much are officiated the same way from night to night.