Coach T

RookieDude · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 24, 2005, 11:13am

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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Quote:

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

ART. 7 . . . It is not legal to use the hand and/or forearm to prevent an opponent from attacking the ball during a dribble or when throwing for goal.
ART. 8 . . . It is not legal to swing arms and elbows excessively. This occurs when:

a. Arms and elbows are swung about while using the shoulders as pivots, and the speed of the extended arms and elbows is in excess of the rest of the body as it rotates on the hips or on the pivot foot.
b. The aggressiveness with which the arms and elbows are swung could cause injury to another player if contacted.

Using this description as a basis, an official will promptly and unhesitatingly call such action with arms and elbows a violation.

Just to clarify, the sentence in red goes with Art. 8 only. It does not apply to Art. 7. The action in Art. 7 has contact and is a personal foul, not a violation.

JR...here's one for ya.
The other night, I called an Unsportsmanlike conduct, dead ball technical foul on a player for swinging his elbow/forearm at the back of an opponent. The player missed with his "swing" and in my judgement he did it on purpose out of frustration. It wasn't a really hard swing but it was one that IMO needed to be addressed.

The ball had just gone OOB on the endline and my partner who was L had the call. I was T and had a good look at all the players near the endline on my side of the court. That is when it happened, while all the players were struggling for the loose ball that went OOB.
I saw the "swing"...immediately blew my whistle and whack...got him. The opponent's Coach was standing right next to me and apparently saw it to...he said, "Yes, thank you Dan! That's right."
The home Coach was fine. He asked me what happened, I told him. I also added that I probably could have ejected him. He pulled the player, talked to him...and when the player came back in he was very respectful. I got to talk to him during a dead ball...he said he didn't really think he was doing anything wrong, but respected my call.

Some may say I should have ejected the player...but, IMO that would have been to much. Also, to do nothing wouldn't have been enough.