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Originally Posted by jmaellis
But as referees we call every travel and/or OOB violation that we see, in other words, we enforce those rules. Why should the 10 second rule be any different?
From day one I've wondered why referees are taught that certain rules are unimportant and can be ignored, such as the 10 second free throw limitation. This rule is part of the mental aspect of the game.
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That is not true, yes OOB we call becuse that is a fundamental principle. The play must be kept in bounds (just as shots can't be counted for three when players step on the line).
How ever, I don't call every travell I see, and no - imho- good referees, do. Becuse if that players lets the pivot foot go a tenth of a second to late when they are starting a dribble in their bc and nobody is even close. Nobody wants that call, becuse then you have to call it on the opponents as well!
There are certain violations and calls we should not make, becuse the players don't want them, coaches don't want them, we don't, spectators don't!
The 10 second rule (or 5 in fiba) is not there to force players to shoot quickly. It is there to give us the means to force play to go on if a player is deliberatly stalling at the line...
Alan Richardson once said that we don't want people running around calling everything they see. If we did we would have trained a pair of monkeys, we want referees, not monkeys!
Do you get my point? Game flow is more important than some rule written in a book half of the people on the court have never even thought about reading.
Be a ref, not a monkey