free throw lane issues

[deecee]

It's our job to make sure the game goes fair -- if i ask a player several times to do something and he doesnt and I dont do anything about it then I have NO control of the game -- if a coach or captain doesnt step in to fix the situation then I HAVE to.

If a coach or AD calls my assignor for this after I gave his player ample opportunity to fix the situation I am not in the wrong. Coaches and players need to learn that there is a line between playing basketball and being a jackass -- 1 of those I do not tolerate.

And also how was I not being "preventative" I offered Team A player the option to chose a spot 3 times -- It's not my fault that he doesn't understand english or chose to push the limits. To many officials "ask" players and coaches to many times to do something -- if i ask a player to stop hand checking once maybe twice and he doesn't adjust hes going to get called for a foul. If i ask a coach to move on after a close call and he keeps on it i offer him one last chance to let it go -- then i help him let it go.

short of my doing a dance to get this player to stay in a spot on the free throw lane -- he was up for a T. And it didn't hurt that half his team came up to me after the game to say it was a good T and he was being a jackass.

So far in my six years (4 for high school) i have only given out maybe 5or6 t's in a high school game. Usually for coaches who wont let some subjects die, players who think it necessary to curse at themselves when the mess up so loud that the whole gym hears it and players that just cross the boundary with other players. Unlike some officials I have worked with i have my line in the sand and teams and coaches know where it is -- Im not afraid to penalize someone for crossing it.