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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
OK, you tell me, Scappy......whatinthehell is preventive officiating then? Does it even exist if somebody has the option of ignoring an official's attempt at preventive officiating?
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Preventive officiating is when you prevent a player from breaking the rules.
"Clear the lane!"
"Hands off!"
"Straight up, guys!"
There are penalties that you can enforce, if a player handchecks or dislodges a player in the low post or stays in the lane for 3 seconds. But with 2 or 3 words, the player doesn't actually commit the infraction. That's preventive. You've actually prevented the infraction. Hence the name "preventive officiating". See the connection now?
