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[crosscountry55]

I like this thread because there are a lot of good teaching points being brought up about what the calling options are for the official. But there's another aspect we haven't talked about yet which can be equally confusing to newer officials. Administration!

I'm going to assume like many others, that, based on description, this is an IPF committed by an offensive player in the low post. So you make the call. Now you have some work to do in the "presence of mind" department, i.e. don't make a bee line to the table.

1. Go to the scene, be a presence, and prevent further BS from occurring. Get the fist up first. Worry about crossed arms later.

2. Though the offender was an offensive player, this is an IPF vice a team control foul, so FTs are in order. But unlike a technical (this is part of the reason it's important to know the difference between the two), the coach can't send just anyone to the FT line on the other end. The player who was fouled must shoot. So make sure you and your partners ID him/her before you go report the foul.

3. Trudge to the other end. Fouled player shoots two. Now, for the love of Mary Struckhoff, PLEASE don't go administer the throw-in at the division line. I saw a D1 college crew do this after a low-post FF1 recently. Made me cringe. For an IPF, the spot is the OOB location nearest where the foul occurred. So in our case, this is where it gets weird. We went to the other end to shoot FTs, right? Now we go back to Team A's end and give Team B a throw-in under A's basket (nearest where the foul occurred), and then B has to go all the way back up the court.

As the Granger guy says, "Get it? Got it? Good."

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

I like this thread because there are a lot of good teaching points being brought up about what the calling options are for the official. But there's another aspect we haven't talked about yet which can be equally confusing to newer officials. Administration!

I'm going to assume like many others, that, based on description, this is an IPF committed by an offensive player in the low post. So you make the call. Now you have some work to do in the "presence of mind" department, i.e. don't make a bee line to the table.

1. Go to the scene, be a presence, and prevent further BS from occurring. Get the fist up first. Worry about crossed arms later.

2. Though the offender was an offensive player, this is an IPF vice a team control foul, so FTs are in order. But unlike a technical (this is part of the reason it's important to know the difference between the two), the coach can't send just anyone to the FT line on the other end. The player who was fouled must shoot. So make sure you and your partners ID him/her before you go report the foul.

3. Trudge to the other end. Fouled player shoots two. Now, for the love of Mary Struckhoff, PLEASE don't go administer the throw-in at the division line. I saw a D1 college crew do this after a low-post FF1 recently. Made me cringe. For an IPF, the spot is the OOB location nearest where the foul occurred. So in our case, this is where it gets weird. We went to the other end to shoot FTs, right? Now we go back to Team A's end and give Team B a throw-in under A's basket (nearest where the foul occurred), and then B has to go all the way back up the court.

As the Granger guy says, "Get it? Got it? Good."

Good post. It's important to remember that when you get calls like this to not be in a rush to do things, and instead be sure to do it right. I especially like your point about getting in there and stopping anything from happening before you get caught up in the IPF reporting procedure.