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Originally posted by ReadyToRef
More Wisdom from the stands...
Middle school game. Hot dog point guard showing off his dribbling technique dribbles from one side of the frontcourt to the other. Defensive man closely guarding the whole time as I count to five. Tweet. 5-second call. Wisdom from the stand??? How can it be five seconds when the man is moving?
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My favs from this past weekend:
5th grade game: A1 has the ball and shoots a 6' jumper...I hear "3 seconds" from the resident expert strategically seated courtside....A1 rebounds and sticks it right back up...I hear "cmon Ref, 3 seconds".....A2 rebounds and chucks it right back up there....I hear "3 seconds" from B's bench AND from Mr. Expert...DOESNT ANY COACH / RULE EXPERT UNDERSTAND THIS RULE?
Same game: Mr. Dirty Skoal Bandits Cap in a sctatchy whipser tells me as I'm setting up to admin the 3rd Q throw in...."Hey Ref, white is really turning the ball over a lot, you gotta watch that."
6th grade Athletic: A3 gets the ball off a rebound and begins transition....B3 sticks his left arm out to clothesline the guy across the chest....TWEET....I go to the table and call Hold on B3....Mr. B Coach says: "How can that be holding, how can that be holding". I say coach: He stuck his arm straight out and grabbed him. Mr. already losing by about 20 says "Thats not Holding".
And finally:
Same game....A is now thwacking B by 30+....1 min to go....A had called their press off long ago (in this athletic league, they can press even if up 50). They are set up in a 1/2 court 2-3 Zone D....B1 crosses the time line and A1 comes up to guard him as he approaches the arc...I hear from losing team fan: "Cmon, make em take the press off!"
Larks....Hey...Rooks have stories too!