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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
So........I take it that you're gonna train all of your officials to ignore palming if they don't happen to feel that an advantage was gained? Right? Oooo....kay.
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I've ignored it (or addressed it with a commetn rather than a whistle) when there wasn't an advantage.
For example -- A1 dribbling the ball near the division line. The defense is in a zone. A1 holds up one hand to call the play while the other hand moves slightly under the ball and the ball comes to rest. A1 continues the dribble.
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I have witnessed this first hand and it can make for some ridiculous moments. An observer told the officials right before a game to 'be aware of and clean up' the carrying violations during a game. One official, being facetious, proceeded to call a carry on A1 - who was
UNGUARDED and dribbling in the backcourt -
while the defenders for B were in a zone. On the ensuing inbounds play, B1 was called for carrying at halfcourt, again while unguarded. This proceeded for the rest of the half. After getting reamed about this at halftime, the first thing the official said was "Yabut, that is what you (the observer) said to do."