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Originally posted by lmeadski
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
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Originally posted by lmeadski
In reading through other threads, it seems to be popular to ignore calls that dont result in an advantage/disadvantage. One thread on the site currently talks about the FT shooter touching the line with his foot prior to shooting. It seemed the popular answer to ignore the call based on the theory/practice of advantage/disadvantage.
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By rule, A/D applies to contact in determining whether it's a foul. Violations don't require advantage or disadvantage to be called. Line calls, illegal dribbling, traveling, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, etc., do not require advantage.
Frankly, at the high school level, I'm probably going to call this if I see it. Below that, I'll talk to the kid.
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That is how I was told to apply Ad/Disad. However, i was a bit stunned by other threads implying they would let violations go based on adv/disadv. To me, this could make adv/disadv a bit too arbitrary in its application.
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I don't think that you are gonna get a reply to your question that will satisfy you. Experienced officials (with the emphasis on "experienced") will apply advantage/disadvantage to a
few violations. These are usually violations for an act that isn't very noticeable and doesn't really affect the game in any way at all. A couple of examples are a post player with his toe inside the 3-second area or the afore-mentioned toe-on-the-line by a free-throw shooter. If it's a black'n'white call like a foot on a boundary line or the FT shooter stepping
over the line, then those ones gotta get called. Violations with a gray area though- like
maybe a possible carry without defensive pressure or a pivot-foot shuffle- might not get called, depending on the game circumstances. I can't give any hard and fast rules to go by. It's just something that you pick up off of the good oficials that you work with and then further hone on your own with game experience.
Sometimes the calling of violations definitely is arbitrary. You probably ain't gonna like that explanation either, but it's the best one I can give you. Take it fwiw. Or not.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Feb 23rd, 2006 at 08:54 PM]