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Pregame Dunk
Why is it legal to dunk in HS games, but it's a technical foul if you dunk during warm up with officials on the floor? What's the purpose of this rule? Just curious.
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If you agree that a dunk is the most "dramatic" solo shot and comment inducing, reaction gathering, then dunking before a game would POSSIBLY turn the pregame into a taunting circus.
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I always figured that they didn't want to risk getting the rim broken right before the game.
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its illegal because if the kids can dunk then that would lead to the officials dunking and we dont want that
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I don't think you're "curious" -- I think you want to argue. |
I think there's 3 big reasons, all of which sort of relate back to each other:
1. Injury risk. While anyone can get hurt anytime (i.e. during a game) attempting a dunk, the thought is that during warm-ups, the kids aren't yet warmed up and might get hurt due to that when they wouldn't if they were already in the game and warm. 2. Turn pre-game into spectacle. One side does it; the other side tries to do one better. Next thing you know, there's taunting, etc. 3. Equipment risk. I don't think there's much to this, but its still a moderate risk, especially in older gyms. Again, it isn't so much that its 1, 2, then 3 as much as 2 makes 1 and 3 more of a factor. I keep thinking the committee is going to revisit this issue, but after writing this out, I now suspect coaches don't want to change it. They want the officials to control it, then ***** when they do. |
Almost had this tonight at half time. H12 goes up for a warm-up layup and has his hand above the rim and pulls back without dunking it; letting the ball fall in. He turned and saw me watching, and I smiled and held my finger and thumb close together to let him know I saw how close he was.
He came over, laughed, and said, "I get in enough foul trouble, I don't need to get T'd up." |
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