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Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
One play that bugged me. The one with no pea in his whistle was T while we were on defense, and we got a steal and went in for a layup. The defender pushed my shooter on the hip during the shot, obvious to me on the bench and on the tape. But on the tape I could see that the T becoming L didn't really run too hard, and ended up being straightlined on the play. Should this really be happening to varsity level officials? Either sprint and get there or stop short and give yourself an angle on the play, right?
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Sometimes, the players don't do what we expect -- and we work for a good angle only to get straightlined.
In your play, for example, the official might expect the swipe at the ball play -- so he moves to be even with the ball. This makes him straight-lined with the push on the hip.
Or, he could have moved toward the center of the court to see between the players, but then he wouldn't have a look at the front of the dribbler to see whether the swipe missed, got the ball, got the player.