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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
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Originally posted by JRutledge
It would only make since that they have some kind of signal for a team control foul. You will not shoot FTs, so there has to be something used to clarify when that is taking place. I just think they will make it easier this coming year and use the current PC signal. If there is not a signal, then coaches will think these fouls could be result in bonus FTs.
Peace
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My "bet" is based entirely on extrapolating from what I have seen so far. I admit that it's just guesswork.
Actually, I believe there ought to be a signal for the TC foul. But I don't think it ought to be the PC signal.
The existing PC signal clearly communicates some very specific information: the ball handler committed a foul, the basket cannot count, there will be no bonus shots, and we're going the other way. That meaning is deeply engrained in our culture.
If we use the same signal for the new TC foul, everybody has to unlearn half of what the signal means. It is no longer clear who the foul is on or if the basket will count. On some plays, this may lead to significant confusion.
Like any new rule, it will take time for everybody involved to understand it. However, the TC rule change is very simple, much simpler than the old rule. We only shoot bonus foul shots when the defense fouls. Period. There really is nothing to clarify with regards to bonus free throws.
We still have the PC foul signal to indicate when the ballhandler fouls and the basket cannot count. But for TC fouls, I would like to see a different signal. I believe the fist and the point are pretty clear.
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The only difference between the team control and PC foul is the TC does not have to be committed by the player with the ball.
A basket
cannot count under
EITHER foul, because an airborne shooter foul will still be in the rule, and if the try is released you don't have a TC foul if another A player fouls.
The penalty is the same so the signal will be the same, they won't
NEED to change the signal chart.
Am I the only one that waves off the basket on a PC by an airborne shooter?
