backcourt

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by cmckenna
Blew this one on Saturday..... Or at least my partner did....

Similar situation except ours was on a pass. A1 passing to A2, B1 tips ball up and back and A2 tips it into BC trying to recover.

I was trail and called BC, coach goes nuts, partner comes in and says that team control was lost on the pass and since there was no team control A could recover. He calls inadvertant whistle, A's ball.

Him 20 years + Me 3 yrs = Me lose

Bugged me all freakin day.

Single biggest problem with backcourt is that people (refs and coaches) confuse having positive player control of the ball with team control. That is, once the players on a team lose control, people think there is no longer team control. If you actually read the rulebook, this clearly is not the case.