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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
I don't know whether it's a matter of practicing it or not understanding it. A foul is a foul. If there is enough contact made to normally call a foul on the play, then just call it.
I really think that quite a few officials have the wrong impression that you have to have a patient whistle on all contact. They end up penalizing a shooter by not calling a foul when he has made a good play getting the ball off and making a shot after the defensive contact that forced him to make that good play.
Soooooo, just call the fouls.....and don't regret 'em.
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I'm with you on this JR.
I had a play the other night where A1 goes up for a layup and after he has started his upward shooting motion, B1 slides in (going to be a block if he fell) but at the last minute decides not to take the hit and attempts to bail away from the play, but in doing so he clips A1's leg causing him to become a little off balance. It was a developing play and in front of the L (I was at C in transition) so I gave him first crack at it and when he had no whistle I blew. The player missed the shot. Well when we got to the locker room, the Crew chief said it was a good patient whistle because I waited to see if it went in. I just agreed with him. I didn't call it for that reason at all. I called it because he got clipped and knocked off balance. My whistle was only "patient" because a) I was processing the play and b) giving the L a chance to blow. I'm not going to say there have been plays where I have waited to see if the shot was going in, but they are very few and very far between. If a player gets fouled, he gets fouled especially on jump shots. That is just too long of a time frame, imo, to wait to see if a shot goes in. You might employ this thought process right at the basket, but I don't believe you should on jump shots. JMO.