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Originally Posted by Old School
To the second point. If you toss the ball too high, and both jumpers miss it. I will blow it and dare you to say something to me about it in the locker room.
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I would take you up on that dare. What does the rule book say is "too high"? When are you going to blow the whistle and when will you let it go? We will have that discussion.
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Originally Posted by Old School
If I'm a clincian, I going to take a point off for throwing the ball too high, although I will admit. I would take more points off for a toss too short and you got players that can jump..
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I have been to over 40 high school and college camps in my career and that has
never been brought up as an issue. My partners will catch heck for not blowing back a bad toss before I will catch it for the bad toss.
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Originally Posted by Old School
Actually, I think you need to give this some thought. When evaluating who may go to the playoff's and who's going to be the lead official. I bet there might be discussions on who tosses good and who doesn't, and this person will be selected the R.
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That is not even a factor in the state of Illinois, or in the college ranks. The R is determined by a number of factors, including experience, rules knowledge, court presence, and sometimes, by coin flip. In fact, in NCAA-W, the R can designate who does the toss. So how does "tossing ability" become a factor in who is the R?
I will be happy to discuss these issues further, but you have ignored my previous questions. This leads me to believe that JR is correct in his assessment. There are a number of new officials that come to this forum for information, and they will gladly admit they are new and/or inexperienced. There will be many disagreements even among the experienced officials, but it would be a shame for the less experienced ones to accept obviously incorrect information.
Just a thought...