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Originally Posted by mutantducky
so I'll ask you
A player goes for a jump shot. You, as the ref, see the defender moving forward into the landing space. You also see that clearly the offensive player is distracted by that. The offensive player lands and an instant later the defender hits into him, a clear foul. How can you not call a shooting foul in that situation? I'll call that a shooting foul because it is what the players and coaches expect it to be called. And many other refs would call that a shooting foul. If I go by the book literally, then that is not a shooting foul but I think that wouldn't be...kosher. yeah, kosher is the word.
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So the defender did what defenders are supposed to do - try to distract the shooter so that he/she misses the shot...and you don't like that for some reason.
Then after the shooter lands (even on only one foot) the defender messes up and bumps into the shooter, and you are going to call a shooting foul contrary to the rules because that's what the coaches and players EXPECT???
Holy crap.
So do you also hit the whistle and call a foul anytime a player or coach yells "And 1" because that's what they expect?