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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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Originally posted by RookieDude
Having said that, I probably only had 1 or 2 intentional fouls all last season.
Dude
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You mean you almost never had a team foul in the last minute to stop the clock all season?
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That is correct Mark...I had 1 or 2 situations in which I called the intentional foul.
We know there is an "art" in fouling an opponent so as not to appear "intentional"....i.e. to stop the clock, etc. These are situations, which I am sure you know well, that we use our better judgment on if we should call the intentional.
Sometimes we can see a player "going for the ball" when he slaps the opponents arm with 2 seconds left and trailing by 2pts...sometimes it looks like the player had no intention of "going for the ball" at all but, just to stop the clock.
Then we make the call that we have to.
I'm in a different situation than many of my fellow officials here I'm sure...I work shift work and have other activities that keep me pretty busy i.e. my boys racing motorcycles, sports, etc. therefore, I do not do as many games as the majority of you seem to do.
I have a Boys Varsity schedule that I do during the playing year, Dec. - Feb., and then some post season stuff...and that's about it, so I do not have the oportunity to have as many game situations come up as I would if I did more Jr. High, AAU and City League games.
Trust me, I did my share in the past, and it was great for that time in my career.
There will be a time, in the future, where I will probably be able to do more games again....whew,,,that kind of got off the subject now, didn't it?
Dude