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Originally Posted by grunewar
Can you just imagine the coaches jumping out of their skin to get a call here?
You - "Coach, neither had possession. What would you like me to call, a reach?" I need some of Mark's meds.....  |
Nah, I'm actually fairly certain an official in my area would likely call this a held ball (alternating possession). But I coach girls, and there's so many alternating possession calls in girls basketball, especially below the Varsity level, I'd just roll my eyes at yet a n o t h e r held ball call.
Honestly, I'll admit that I don't believe I was aware there's actually no such thing as "reaching in," or "over-the-back" until I started reading the posts in here. But it certainly doesn't help when I occassionally hear otherwise good Ref's saying, "over-the-back" as they report the call. I figure they actually know better, but they probably report that way for the benefit of coaches so we understand the call. But it only serves to perpetuate the incorrect language.
I've learned a lot from this site. I think it should be required reading for all youth and HS coaches, with one caveat- they (we) can't post a response or start a new thread until we've been reading posts and threads for AT LEAST 1 year. I'm serious.