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I haven't said much on this thread, but I feel I have a position now, which is defensible. IT DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL. Sixth grade girls, I'm not going to call this kind of thing. In fact, I may blow it dead and hand it off for a re-do. JV boys, state champion school against biggest cross-town rival, (In Portland, that's Jefferson-Benson most years) I'm going by the strictest guidelines. At the levels in between, I may call it or give the player a look and let it go depending on the level of play in that game.
I mean, I did several games this year where any girl of any age who could dribble at all was varsity, and the freshmen team had no one but girls who had literally never played at all anywhere until they walked onto the court in November to try out. These girls get maximum number of explanations and re-do chances in my book. Usually, they're getting stomped and are lucky to score at all, even if they can manage to keep possession for more than a few seconds.
But at the higher levels of play, I will call this kind of stuff. A violation does not have to be intentional or tricky to be a violation. A fumble, a lack of concentration, a broken play -- at the upper levels these are mistakes, and if they result in a violation, they must be called.
Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Until my son is playing varsity, and then we'll see....
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