My Two Cents!
The "rules changes" that have been implemented the last two years really have not changed anything but to encourage officials to turn back the clock at least forty (if not more) years with respect to how the game should be officiated.
For me, I haven't changed how I called fouls for the last forty-five years. It is the responsibility of the officials to call the game per the rules and the players should play the game per the rules. MTD, Sr. |
Why are people acting like this is new this year? This was a rule and emphasis last year.
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That's what I said two posts ago. MTD, Sr. |
Pepperidge Farm Remembers ...
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We're starting our second week of games in NVA and just ended a few Kick-Off Tournaments.
IMO I think the players have adjusted pretty well and it's good to see them playing D at a distance. When we do call the foul for "hands," many times the coach just reiterates the point, "You can't do that" or "Stop with the hands." The sub-V teams and lessor talented and slower players have more problems, as they get beat more often and will stick out their hands to slow the defender down - one of the purposes of the emphasis. I do believe I've called more fouls "on the block" though, but that's probably me adjusting and calling what I should have called all along. |
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Along those lines, I want to share a quick story. I was at a collegiate camp and one of my clinicians told me during my sit period that I had called the most fouls in the crew and that "you don't want to be known as the guy who calls the most fouls on the crew." I remember thinking they seemed like no-brainer calls and they were all in my PCA.......However, I was told that at camp you do what your court clinician tells you and never argue, just say "OK" or "yes sir" or "thank you" so that's what I did. He said the next session I don't even want to know you are out there other than by seeing you out hustle everyone. So I worked on positioning very hard (sprinted on fast breaks to beat plays, brisk jog from C to C, etc... and didn't call a single foul for the next 7 minutes. On several occasions, my partners called into the dual coverage areas and got the fouls that needed to be called. When my session ended, this clinician jumped out of his chair and trotted to me and gave me a world class high five and said how awesome I was. I was rated #1 by this particular clinician because I didn't call anything.
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I've also had the experience where an observer complained about the entire crew calling too many foul. It was a high level AAU game (Julius Randle was playing). The game was physical and we were getting a lot of off the ball, chippy stuff. None the less, the observer was complaining. We just nodded our heads then bitched about it once we got back to the locker room. |
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Peace |
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To say those were always rules is not exactly correct. Peace |
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