Another Correctable Error Sitch

[Schmidt MJ]

This happened in a Jr. High game a couple weeks ago. A1 is dribbling in the front court and is fouled by B1. I glance at the scoreboard and see that B has 6 fouls so I'm expecting to shoot a 1-1. After reporting the foul, I wait for the scorer to indicate a 1-1 situation. She never does. I then go to the table and ask if we are in the 1-1 and the reply is "no". So I simply assumed she had changed the scoreboard before I looked up at it. Coach of A sends in a sub for the player who was fouled. A1 inbounds the ball and we play for a few seconds and there is a travel on A2. Now the scorer is repeatedly buzzing the horn and motions me over to the table and says that we were indeed in the one-and-one for the previous foul. I step back and think about it and realize we are still within the timeframe for correcting the error. However, the player who was fouled is now on the bench. Do I bring him back in to shoot the free throws or do I make his sub shoot them. Keep in mind this was Jr. High and in the interests of expediency I simply brought the kid off the bench to shoot the 1-1 and then sent him back to the bench afterwards. What would be the appropriate thing if this were a varsity game or a playoff game, or any game of more importance.

[ace]

I was just reading this area of the rulebook yesterday and I want to say you did do the right thing. And thats what I would do in that situation. Also sometimes physically walking up to the book and checking in a situation like that helps too.

[BktBallRef]

I would ask the coach to sub the player back in. It's up to him whether he takes him back out after the FTs or not.

[davidw]

Best advice I’ve received regarding correctable errors:

SLOW DOWN! If something seems wrong, it probably is. Ask questions of your partner and/or scorers/timekeepers if uncertain.

Applying this in this situation, since you noted the 6 team fouls and no change to 7 when you reported the new foul and the scorers response ‘didn’t seem right’, you would have SLOWED DOWN and said to yourself: “something doesn’t seem right” – gone to the bench and asked questions and caught the error before it became a ‘correctable error’ situation.

When you’re able to pull off one or more of these types of situations in a game your self-confidence begins to recover from all the humbling experiences we often go through.

[missinglink]

Originally posted by davidw
Best advice I’ve received regarding correctable errors:

SLOW DOWN! If something seems wrong, it probably is. Ask questions of your partner and/or scorers/timekeepers if uncertain.

Applying this in this situation, since you noted the 6 team fouls and no change to 7 when you reported the new foul and the scorers response ‘didn’t seem right’, you would have SLOWED DOWN and said to yourself: “something doesn’t seem right” – gone to the bench and asked questions and caught the error before it became a ‘correctable error’ situation.

Similarly, I have been advised that when you have to ask a question of the table, frame it such that it requires a specific answer. In this situation rather than "are we in 1-1?" I am now in habit of asking "how many team fouls on B?". This eliminates the head nod/shake as an answer and requires scorer to look, count and answer specifically.

[ace]

good point ML ... never thought of it like that.