newbie questions/comments

[Rich]

You're a man of few words

I've seen a lot of officials anticipate contact on blocked shots around here, especially at lower levels. Most times when a kid "winds up" to block a shot, the shooter goes to the line -- even when there's no contact.

Many times, the official will give some kind of BS explanation like "he got him with the body." If it's clean up top and there's a LITTLE contact down low, then we shouldn't be bailing out the shooter by putting him at the line.

Just one of my pet peeves, I guess -- it's hard enough playing good defense!

Maybe the original poster will come back and explain exactly what kind of contact he is making with the other player when blocking these shots -- assuming he is honest with us, of course.

Rich