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At camp this weekend, another camper and I were working with one of the evaluators (3-person). I was lead, camper-partner (CP) was trail, eval (E) was at C. I notice a competetive match-up just moving into my primary at the top of the key with A2 getting into position to receive a pass, and B2 behind her, and beat to the play. B2 grabs A1's jersey with both hands. A2 wasn't hampered much, and I was going to give it a pass, when E (at C) cracks the whistle and comes up with The Big X -- yup, an intentional foul. Coach B and crowd go bananas, of course.
Later, when we talked about it, E sounded very reasonable and her thinking made sense, but I would never have even thought about it. CP and I just looked at her and listened with a sort of blank stare, and nodded. Her rationale was that this was "not a basketball play," and the book talks about taking away a clear advantage (the actually wording is, "to neutralize an opponent's obvious advantageous position"), and not making a play on the ball. These reasons made sense to me, and besides she's a very experienced ref around here, who works as high as some of the minor D1 conferences. I'd be interested in y'all's opinions on this call. |
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Hard to say, I was not there. But there is a movement to call more of these types of calls. Maybe that was something that she saw on a tape and looked similar a play reviewed?
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Had the stones to call it, got hired into another league, partly because I called it.
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stripes, That's an easy Intentional, unlike Juulie's original sitch. A eunuch coulda called yours. mick |
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When I got to here I thought intentional. For me grabbing an opponent's jersey is always an intentional foul. Of course, this thinking probably comes from my soccer reffing experience, where it is a yellow card. I agree with those that said it is not a basketball play. This is not just an ordinary foul during the course of the game, therefore, I believe that it needs to be penalized more harshly. But what does any of this thread have to do with the X on the floor in front of the scorer? |
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I see the point about calling it intentional. I just was surprised, and it got me thinking. One thing I'm having trouble getting the hang of is when to get tough and when to be flexible. At the moment of the call, I thought she was really overreacting, but her explanation makes sense, and now I see that most of you (with one exception worthy of consideration) agreed with it. I expect it's just a matter of logging some more floor time, but I wish I could come up with a more intellectual rationale for what needs stern response and what doesn't. |
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Rule 4-19-3- "An intentional foul is a personal or technical foul designed to stop or keep the clock from starting, to neutralize an opponent's obvious advantageous position, contact away from the ball or when not playing the ball. It may or may not be premeditated and is not based on the severity of the act. A foul shall also be ruled as intentional if while playing the ball a player causes excessive contact with an opponent". From a "Point of Emphasis" on intentional fouls in the 2000/2001 rulebook- "An intentional foul has occurred when a team is obviously committing a foul, late in the game, to stop the clock and force the opponent into a throw-in or free-throw situation. Acts that must be deemed intentional include grabbing a player from behind, wrapping the arms around a player, grabing a player away from the ball, grabbing or shoving a player from behind when an easy basket may be scored, when coach/player says "watch, we're going to foul", excessive contact on a player attempting a shot--- and the last one that happens to be very germane to this thread- GRABBING/HOLDING A PLAYER BY THEIR JERSEY IN ORDER TO IMPEDE THEIR PROGRESS." |
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JR...your advice....
DO you call the jersey grab (off the ball) when you see it or do you verbalize a warning and let the play continue? Late in the game in an obvious need to foul situation do you call the "X" when you hear the coach calling for the foul and his/her player complies?
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Rainmaker,
That's an interesting one. Personally, I would have called a simple "holding" foul unless the grabbing of the jersey had prevented an obvious easy basket by A1 or maybe if I felt I needed to clean the game up and other methods had failed. Maybe your partner had seen something in the game that made her think she needed to make a point. I see so much physical play allowed at the college level that I'd much rather see pushing and shoving in the post (to me, those aren't basketball plays) chosen as ways to "make a point" by a college official rather than a jersey grab. Z |
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2)No, I wouldn't call an intentional foul on a defender if I didn't feel that the act itself was intentional. No matter what is said, if a defender is going for the ball- which is the criteria that I use, I usually won't call an intentional foul unless the defender really happens to rough up his opponent while he's committing that foul. I will mention to a coach (if I get a chance) that he should maybe find another way of telling his kids to foul. A lot of coaches now use code words to let their ballplayers know when they want them to foul. Again, this is another call that you should run by your rules interpreter though. His thinking may be different than mine, and he's the one that you have to keep happy- not me. |
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