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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by Sirrefalot
I do understand there are conditions in which you pass, but the constant handchecking, kneeing in the back to get the big guy off the post are fouls and need to be cleaned up. Am I way off on this? or is it an experiance thing? Notes: I am a former player, coach, and now official. Any input you have will be appreciated.
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I can't really speak to whether you called too many fouls or if the author of the letter was right or wrong. I can just tell you that as you continue to work and learn, your quality calls will inprove and increase and your quantity of calls will decrease.
All contact is not a foul, and all fouls do not need to be called. True story, in a game I worked yesterday, I was lead. The rebound came off on the opposite side of the lane. A1 had B1 blocked out as both players go up. A1 comes down with the ball and my partner at center whistles a foul on B1. Now, was it a foul? Possibly, maybe even probably. But two things hapened. A1 was denied the opoortunity for an easy put back and B1 picked up her 3rd foul. So while it may have been a foul, IMHO it was a bad whistle. Everybody in the gym would have been much happier if the whistle had not blown.
JMO.
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Likely many officials (and 'the crowd' - but they are scoring sluts!) generally agree with you.
I think that what you suggest overly favors the offense.
A team (and player) may have fouls to 'use', and not just as the game winds down. A defensive player may make a decision to take a chance that has, as an upside, either getting the ball or fouling - where fouling takes away an easy scoring opportunity. A defensive player should not have to foul extraordinarily hard (risking an intentional foul) to get a call.
[Edited by assignmentmaker on Feb 22nd, 2006 at 04:33 PM]