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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Later, A1 has ball in backcourt. He passes to A2 who is standing with both feet barely in frontcourt while facing backwards toward A1. The ball hits A2 in the hands, bounces down and hits the division line, then is grabbed by A2 who hasn't moved his feet. I call over and back. Coach A explodes, tells me I "don't know the rule" (yeah, right) and throws his clipboard. T time.
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Great call, Mark! I'd lay money that a higher percentage of officials than we'd care to acknowledge would NOT have called that a violation. And I'd bet 95+ percent of coaches would similarly be "outraged" at such a call. No substitute for knowing the rules, even though it sometimes means we get unjustly tarred and feathered.