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[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Nate1224hoops
Palming the ball in the backcourt, is a violation and in upper level games how are you going to respond to a coach who burns a TO and walks out (calmly) and says "sir he/she is palming the ball in the backcourt everytime, could you please watch for that??"

"I will, Coach. And if he does it on his way to the basket, I'll grab it."

Do you not think that if you blew the whistle one time on this kid who continually palms the ball in the backcourt that he/and his coach would take strides in correcting it?

I do not think that the coach would do that. The coach would say, "That's a cheap call. Why are you calling that 60 feet from the basket?" And he'd be right. And then I'd get a phone call from my assignor who would say, "That's a cheap call. Why are you calling that 60 feet from the basket?"

By not calling it were telling the kid it's okay to do it here but when you get here I have to call it.

That's exactly what I'm telling him.

You cant tell a coach that "oh it's in the backcourt and really having an effect on the game."

I disagree.

WHY? Because its a violation.

And it's also a violation for the post man to have his ankle on the line of the lane for 3 seconds. I don't call that one either. Two guys go up for a rebound. A1 bumps B1 from behind. B1 loses his balance slightly but is still able to secure the rebound without traveling. Some guys would call that a foul on A1. I wouldn't.

I think thats how some officials get a bad reputation.

I think calling palming in the backcourt is one reason some officials don't reach the level I'd like to reach.

Coaches/AD's/Fans/Assigners see this as calling what you think is important

That's b/c that is exactly what I am doing.