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Originally Posted by BigCat
It sounds good to say every time you blow the whistle you know at that moment if it was a shot or pass. It just isnt true. So many times the player could shhoot or dump. you have to look at the players reaction to contact to see if it made them dump instead of shoot. if i follow them the entire way and they dump without any indication of abandoning a shot i cant put them on the line. the dump is telling me what they were intending to do. --if i see any indication of an abandonment of a shot i will give them benefit of doubt and award shots.
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The only rules you have on this is if they have started, at the time of the foul, habitual foot/arm movements that normally precede the a shot. If they have started those movements, they're are, by rule, in the act. You must make a judgement based on that. How they finish is not part of the rule that defines being in the act and is not a factor in the decision.