Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
In those first few chaotic seconds after the jump, when everybody is in process of setting up the first play, there is little to be gained by getting territorial. Call what you see.
|
They do it in football. They do it in soccer. They probably do it in other sports, as well. Years ago we did away with over 90% of the jump balls in a game. Flip a coin. Please.
Honestly, especially us veterans, do we really know the jump ball rules, Rule 6-3, for both jumpers, and nonjumpers, as well as we did twenty years ago. I know that I don't. I used to know these rules like the back of my hand, when we jumped eight, or nine, times a game. As a coach, I had jump ball plays, based on which circle the jump was, and our probability of winning, or losing the jump. Now, as the umpire, I just hope that eight non jumpers don't do anything odd, that will cause me to think about the situation, and maybe blow the whistle, probably after the game has progressed six, or seven, seconds, because that's how long it's going to take me to process the situation in my old, shrinking brain.