I thought I would share.
 

I was in a Borders Book Store on Sunday after getting something to eat. I went into the book store and eventually went to the sports section. I happen to see a book on the shelf called "Coach's Guide to Girl's Basketball" (or something like that). The author of the book was a college coach and went into many aspects of coaching girl's basketball. I just happen to look at this book and went inside out of pure curiosity why coaching girl's basketball would be different. I came across a section of the book talking about the rules of the game. They gave different types of fouls and the first foul listed was called (and I **** you not) "Reaching." Then it got better, they had a picture describing the foul as well with a description of the foul. "Reaching" was called "reaching across the body of a player with the ball." The picture showed this and there was literally no contact. I sat there in shock (not really but this is for effect) as I read this. Then the book had a couple of other "foul descriptions," like Tripping were listed as well. Then the book went into a description on how hard it was to make a block/charge call for the officials.

Now I know why we continue to hear "That's a reach" all the time when working games. :)

Peace

Must be a regional thing. We don't hear coaches calling for "reaching" fouls out here in the Mid-Atlantic ;)

Sigh... :rolleyes:

I would love to find out the name of the author, and what school they coach at, then send a copy of the book on to Mary Struckoff and Barb Jacobs at the NCAA to get their opinions.

Or, was the book actually in the "Fiction" section?

Wow, you think coaches can read? Your opinion of them has gotten higher.

It may be The Complete Guide to Girls' Basketball by Michael D. Mullaney

If that's the one JRut saw, he's not a college coach, he's a high school and AAU coach in Maryland.

That is not the book (at least by looking at the cover). I will go back to Borders and get the correct title. This book from what I read was written by a female coach.

Peace

Maybe that explains it!:D

Duck! :eek:

Where's Juulie?????

Hmmmm..............


.............Wow - you've sure had a lot of spare time on your hands lately :p

Stan, I would expect to get "rained on" by Rainmaker pretty soon! And you just might have asked for it!

JRut,

Was the "reach" followed by the "over the back" description?

I will go back to the book store and tell you. I do think they might have had a "over the back" reference, but I am not sure at this time.

Peace