It's great to have this knowledge coach and welcome to the forum. This knowledge and understanding of the rules is very critical for referees. I'm not sure that it would help a coach too much. You might face this situation once in a season, that would be a tough one to argue since it's judgement call anyway.
My sister is a basketball player; I make her aware of the rules so that she knows. If I try and coach this rule it may be a waste of time given the frequency of the call (last season this came up zero times for me as an official). Furthermore, if I did coach her in this, there is still a high likelyhood that the ref calls the block, now she's wound up, more emotional than she needs to be. I'd rather take that time and have her shoot free throws.
Great question anyway. And if it weren't for questions I'd have nothing to add here. Thanks, stick around coach, and keep posting.
Mon Mar 01, 2004, 01:40am
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