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Originally posted by Peter Devana
I am surprised at how many are viewing this post but not responding. Have I hit a sore point???
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I'm not even sure of the question.
I think it's: "Suppose we could accurately measure all the fouls / violations. How many of those do you see (in your area)? Of those that you see, how many do you call?"
If that's the question, I think I see 95% of the violations and 90% of the fouls (but on some of those, I'm not sure it really is a foul). In two-person, it's a little less.
Of those, I call 100% of the violations and 95% of the fouls. The other 5% I might turn into a violation (e.g., A1 gets a rebounds. B1 "reaches in" and the ball goes OOB. If I'm not sure it was a foul, I go with the OOB call).
Those percentages might go down during a one-sided game (e.g., earlier this year I had a girl who looked as if it was her first game. She received the ball on a pass and got that "deer in the headlights" look. She shuffled both feet (several times), but didn't change her position on the court. I passed on the travel call.)
Related questions: How much of what you "see" didn't really happen? How much that you didn't see do you call (e.g., L, looking off ball in the post. All of a sudden, two players are on the ground near the three-point line. Do you make a call?)