NBA type play in youth ball

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by refTN
What are the guidelines on what you can do in the post?

Why don't NCAA and especially HS come out with such guidelines to make it easier for all officials to be more uniform, cause I know I am going to use the NBA guidelines in the post and in hand checking and I know that I would more than likely be wrong in making these calls according to supervisors, but that could vary from supervisor to supervisor, because there are no set guidelines.

Well, the NFHS and NCAA Womens' guidelines have been set out for you above , RefTN- right from their respective rule books To complete the trifecta, here's the NCAA Mens guidelines from Appendix III of the current NCAA rule book:

SECTION 13- MENS POST PLAY:
Some guidelines to officials in making constant, consistent calls in low-post play:
(a) Observe the entire play, especially when responsible for off-ball coverage.
(b) Anticipate the play but not the call when post players are in a fronting position.
(c) A defensive player pushing a leg or knee into the rear of an offensive player shall be a personal foul on the defender.
(d) An offensive player dislodging a defensive player from an established position by pushing or backing in shall be a personal foul on the offensive player.
(e) A player using the "swim move" arm movement to lower the arm of the an opponent shall be charged with a personal foul.
(f) Post players using hands, arms, forearms or elbows to prevent an opponent from maintainiong a legal position shall be charged with a personal foul.

There's the guidelines from the NFHS and NCAA all set out for you, RefTN, contrary to your claim above that there aren't any guidelines. Still gonna continue using the NBA guidelines?

Btw, the NCAA Womens guidelines that Nevada posted above are set out in Appendix III of the NCAA rule book too.


[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jan 23rd, 2006 at 08:13 AM]