[Mregor]

Originally posted by Blackhawk357
This is one of my personal pet peeves.

IMHO if a player is trying to protect the ball after a rebound, or any other time for that matter, there are very few times that another player can tie the ball up without having illegal contact, however slight. This IMHO is advantagous to the player trying to tie the ball up,(either taking possession, or changing the AP arrow to his/her team) therefore a foul. If they are not protecting the ball, well that's another story.

If you give that player a held ball in the first 4 minutes of a game you will have that type of reaching the entire game. Now, if it's a foul in the first 4 minutes, they will (most of the time) keep their hands to themselves the rest of the game. som44 is correct, it is a bigger problem in the girls game.

So, what I watch for is weather or not the player in control, is protecting the ball.

I totally agree with your statement. Jump balls interrupt the flow of the game and encourage playing defense with the hands instead of the feet. I'd rather call a foul than a jump ball the majority of the time.

Mregor