Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper, 1979) ...

[ilyazhito]

Non-jumpers who are on the circle may move off the circle, but non-jumpers who are off the circle may not move onto the circle until the jump ball is touched. Jumpers cannot catch the tossed ball, tap the ball before it reaches its highest point, touch the tossed ball more than twice, or leave the circle until the jump ball ends (it is touched by (or touches) a non-jumper or an official, it hits the floor, backboard, or ring, or goes out of bounds).

It would also be interesting to actually officiate a jump ball that is not in the center circle, because the current 3-person mechanics for a jump ball are designed for center-circle jump balls (the Umpires stand diagonally across from each other on opposite sides of the Referee (the tossing official)). Would the Referee still toss the jump balls outside the center circle, with Umpires in the usual configuration, or would there be different positions (such as the non-tossing officials at Lead and Trail tableside, with the tossing official as Center Opposite)? The 2-person mechanics for non-center circle jump balls would also have to be developed (U might be closer to the table than R, to properly start the clock). I'd be interested to see what NBA, or old NFHS/NCAA manuals from the time when jump balls were still a thing, do to address jump balls outside the center circle.

The only question is would NFHS seriously consider a proposal to re-institute the jump ball for situations other than the start of a period/overtime.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Non-jumpers who are on the circle may move off the circle, but non-jumpers who are off the circle may not move onto the circle until the jump ball is touched. Jumpers cannot catch the tossed ball, tap the ball before it reaches its highest point, touch the tossed ball more than twice, or leave the circle until the jump ball ends (it is touched by (or touches) a non-jumper or an official, it hits the floor, backboard, or ring, or goes out of bounds).

You have disappointed me grasshopper.

When the official is ready and until the ball is tossed, nonjumpers shall not change position around the center restraining circle.

There may be more.

The jumpers are quite easy to deal with.

It's the nonjumpers that have complex limitations.

And keep in mind that you have to process, interpret, and enforce, all these rules within the fraction of a second that it takes for a jump ball.

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You have disappointed me grasshopper.

If you want to avoid him disappointing you, ask him some esoteric questions about the experimental G-League 5 man rotation scheme.

I'm thinking he can recite the perfect answers from the top of his head. Trivial HS stuff, not so much....

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You have disappointed me grasshopper.

Please. No. Don't anybody even suggest to BillyMac anything about the 70's smash hit "Kung Foo Fighting." He'll probably post the lyrics.

"Let's get it on!'

[bigbeardedbryan]

Originally Posted by Freddy

He'll probably post the lyrics.

I expected it to happen too. Fast as lightning, even.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

... "Let's get it on!'

Originally Posted by bigbeardedbryan

Fast as lightning ...

Pay attention young'uns. There will be a quiz afterward.

Freddy and bigbeardedbryan (great username) must have glittery disco balls hanging above their computers because both know lyrics from a forty-plus year old disco song.

My "grasshopper" reference came from the 1972 American action adventure martial arts western drama television series Kung Fu starring David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine.

(Hey. If we can have movies about cowboys fighting aliens, and Abraham Lincoln fighting vampires, then we can have a action adventure martial arts western drama television series. They all could have really happened.)

One hit wonder Carl Douglas's smash disco hit "Kung Fu Fighting" came out in 1974.

Both the television series and the song were probably inspired by successful martial arts movies of the late 1960's and early 1970's, many starring actor Bruce Lee, who died in 1973.

Enjoy and don't be afraid to sing along as I did, or get out of your chair and do some martial arts punches and kicks, as I also did.

https://youtu.be/gPpHxNtVBko

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Please. No.

And don't you deny it.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

And don't you deny it.

Because, baby its cold outside.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Hey Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., I hope that you didn't hurt yourself showing off your Kung Fu Fighting punches and kicks.

Mrs. DeNucci, Sr. must have thought you were nuts, or was it just like any other day at the DeNucci, Sr. residence?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hey Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., I hope that you didn't hurt yourself showing off your Kung Fu Fighting punches and kicks.

Mrs. DeNucci, Sr. must have thought you were nuts, or was it just like any other day at the DeNucci, Sr. residence?

Billy:

She has alway known I was and still am nuts. I am still amazed that she said yes a long time ago in a galaxy far away.

MTD, Sr.