![]() |
Continuous Motion
NFHS 4-11-2
"If an opponent fouls after a player has started a try for goal, he/she is permitted to complete the customary arm movement, and if pivoting or stepping when fouled, may complete the usual foot or body movement in any activity while holding the ball. These privleges are granted only when the usual throwing motion has started before the foul occurs and before the ball is in flight." Our 3 person crew had 3 on Saturday night. (2 in Frosh game and 1 in Varsity game) Home Freshman boys Coach: "That can't be continous motion...there is no continous motion rule in High School." Visitor Freshman boys Coach: "That's not continous motion...the ball hadn't left his hand yet." Home Varsity Coach: "That's not continous motion...the player's foot was on the ground." |
This is the stuff that makes officiating fun. It really makes you feel like we're part of a secret fraternity (you know, the kind that lets girls be members). We know all the secret rules that others don't have access to. ;)
|
I'll never understand why people think that every other NBA rule applies to high school ball, but continuous motion doesn't.
|
The NBA rule
Section XI—Field Goal Attempt
A field goal attempt is a player’s attempt to shoot the ball into his basket for a field goal.The act of shooting starts when, in the official’s judgment, the player has started his shooting motion and continues until the shooting motion ceases and he returns to a normal floor position. It is not essential that the ball leave the shooter’s hand. His arm(s) might be held so that he cannot actually make an attempt. |
Quote:
|
Some veteran members have posted, but I two questions for younger officials.
What is the difference between NBA, college and high school continuous motion? What percentage (take a wag) of fouls that are called "on the floor" :rolleyes: should actually be shooting fouls? |
Quote:
|
Last weekend I had a JV girls game with a first year partner. He had a tough block charge right in front of him. He came out hard with the block and pointed to the floor and said, “on the floor.” Problem was, he wasn’t very loud but the gym was after that play, so people only saw him point down.
After everything got sorted out with the injured player, we started to inbound the ball and the coach was throwing a fit because he saw him count the basket. I told the coach he was pointing to the floor. This is the problem with pointing to the floor, which comes from calling non-shooting fouls “on the floor.” First of all, it’s not relevant if the player was “on the floor” or not. Second, pointing down is confusing to all watching. Wave off the shot, and if you have to say something, say “before the shot.” |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
I lean waaaay towards the side of awarding shots. If you even look at the basket and blink, I'm probably calling it continuous motion. |
This is one of those things I have been doing so long, I don't remember starting it. I blow the whistle, then, all in the same breath, spit the whistle out and say, emphatically, "No shot!" My idea was, if I do this quickly, no one can accuse me of waiting to see if it was going in before making the call.
Now I learn, in that other thread, that whether it goes in or not is significant to some in whether it was a foul or not. I still don't get that one. |
Quote:
Sometimes I do let the play finish and call a foul late if it does not go in. If that is wrong (and according to some people it is), so be it. I think it makes the game flow better. |
Quote:
The difference between a foul and a touch is not the difference between the shot going in or not. A player may get hit hard, then throw it up, hoping for 2 free throws, nothing more. Some of these shots go in, too. In deciding what is a foul and what is not, what I try to see is the trajectory of the ball as it leaves the hand, the shooter's follow through, sometimes even the shooter's facial expression. Sometimes none of these things are visible or helpful, but whether the shot is good or not has very little to do with it for me. |
Quote:
Peace |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:42am. |