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I do mostly girls JV here in New York, under NCAA rules. Here are a couple of situations that I'd like all of your input on.
1) Player A1 steals the ball and dribbles down the court for an uncontested layup. Player B1, behind her, yells "Shot!" as she goes up for the layup, clearly before A1 releases the ball. No other B player is anywhere nearby. The body language of B1 as she yells makes me believe that the only reason she does so is to distract A1. Do I ever make this call? Do I warn the teams? Do I just let this go?
2) Players will often yell "Dead, dead, dead...!" when an opponent picks up her dribble. This is OK, as it is a legitimate communication with teammates about what's going on on the floor. The other night I had A1 taking the ball out of bounds. Player B1, who was guarding her, starting yelling "Dead, dead, dead...!" My feeling here was that this was not an attempt to communicate with the teammates but rather an attempt to distract the thrower in. I warned both teams not to do this for the remainder of the game. Your thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
-Ben
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