quote:
Originally posted by Bart Tyson:
Mark, I got criticized at a camp for giving a T for touching the ball while in the hands of the player oob. He said, it is easy to call a violation, because generally the player reaches across the boundary once or twice before reaching over and touching the ball. His point was consider the game situation when making the call.
Bart - I have always used the theory that if the touching is part of a single continuous act of the reach, then you call it. If the defender was "pawing" at the ball even once before the movement that caused the touch, then you call the violation because it was a separate act that happened first. This theory has been supported at two camps I have attended.
Since these were the only two where it was discussed, I guess I can say it's been unanimous.
