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Old Mon Jan 21, 2008, 03:39pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
You're imagining wrong. You allow the player with the ball to immediately shoot it....either going straight up right away without any fakes, or driving and immediately shooting. There's no backing down or fakes of any kind, etc. If they don't immediately shoot in one fluid connected motion, you call the violation. If they pass instead of shooting, you call the violation.

"Immediately" is the key word.

Note that the "moves immediately to try for goal" might include a dribble.
Disagree.

Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Disagree.

If the player is trying to score (pump fake / pivot one-way and step through, etc), then allow it.

I agree that if the ball is passed out of the lane, then it's a violation.
Agree.

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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
As soon as he pulls the ball down on the pump fake, he's no longer trying to score. Violation.

The pivot/step-through is part of the continuous motion of the try. Legal.
Disagree.

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