Travel vs. Carry vs. Legal

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

Alas, I also think that too many refs don’t understand it as well. And yes, I realize that what is understood as a carry is different from when I played. From the comfort of the stands it is one of the least consistent calls—especially sub varsity and weaker varsity refs. And, of course, smart players will push the boundaries of what isn’t called.

The point is to call the obvious ones, just like any other violation.

But the problem is every time a player has his hands in a particular location, people yell about a carry when it clearly is not a carry or the ball never comes to rest. You do not want to be overly technical on any rule that will open up a can of worms by making those calls. And usually, it is typical to call those when there is an actual move that is used to try to get by a defender. Simply standing in one place is not going to draw a violation unless you want to be calling them all night. If you are talking about sub-varsity officials and what they call, we have an issue there alone. I do not expect sub-varsity officials to call anything as they should or they would not be working sub-varsity games in the first place.

Peace