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Originally Posted by isualum12
You can be in the right position but if you don't know it is a technical when they reach across the line and hit the throwers arm as a defender your going to get eaten alive.
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I am not trying to be funny with you, not many coaches know that rule and most players do not violate that rule in the first place. I have not had that play in well over 5 years and it has never happen at a sophomore or JV game (let along varsity and college) that I have ever done.
Most of the game you are expected to be in the right position or no one is really going to believe you had a good look at the play and you are out of position. This is why I say it matters little to the general public (including the coaches and players) that is watching. Most of our calls are judgments about a basic travel to a basic foul. There are not many games you see multiple Ts and unusual situations.
If there is very hard contact on a play, you could have nothing, a regular foul, maybe a shooting foul, an intentional foul and even a flagrant foul based on your judgment. It is not the rule that saves us; it is our positioning and our good judgment. If you are not in position, no one is going to buy what you are selling.
Peace