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Originally posted by yzrider3
umm a little FYI...you dont need to jump up my A**. I assume that you assumed i am ancient? i am 19. it was 3 years ago that i played, highschool varsity i might add, and I played for 8 years straight. Maybee you should keep your mouth shut before you know the whole story. This is 7th/8th grade basket ball. the refs, and coaches are volunteers. tell me...when you are dribbling with your rite hand, switch to your left on a bounce, only one hand at a time on the ball, how is that double dribble? when you are in mid jump, shooting the ball, how can you possibly be pushing someone? these are just a few of the calls made. One of the refs was my age, and i doubt he has reffed even 20 games. Every other call, was different between the 2 refs. they would call a jump ball, then argue as to which side it would go to. you werent there, you did not see this game, so i suggest you shut your mouth. you are the fool. when i said i was ghoin to take it up with the coach, all i ment was I was going to ask him if he had been made aware of this rule. oh ya, another FYI, when I played bb ball in oregon, my High school won state 8 years in a row. I think WE had a fairly decent program. My intention was just to find out if the rule was still in effect. not have someone be a total jerk.
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I'm pretty confident that there is no high school varsity anywhere in the US that has this no press rule. Also, the 10 second rule would prevent the dribbler from staying in the backcourt for 2 minutes. I'm sure you saw some playing time, but it's obvious you didn't really focus on the rules at the time. I've never seen a no-press rule at any level above 7th grade; and I've never seen it in any game sanctioned by a scholastic body (school sponsored stuff) at any level. Not to say it doesn't happen in some middle school leagues somewhere, but I'd bet money it doesn't happen in a varsity games.
Now, as for the other two calls you've got.
Dribbler very likely "carried" the ball between dribbles, or that's what the ref thought. You don't have to have two hands on a ball to end your dribble.
As for the shooter, I'd be willing to bet that she pushed off before she jumped, and the ref's whistle was a tad bit late. Did she push before she caught it?
Bottom line, the calls you complain about are easily explained without having seen them. Could they have missed them? Sure. You know what? It's a middle school game. That's where you get your 19 year old refs. He's got to get his first 20 games somewhere.
Now, what do you think the odds are that someone who actually has the guts to grab a whistle and referee a basketball game has seen less basketball than you have? Honestly.