Should I have done anything different?

[Ron Giacoma]

I would suggest a step down (toward the basket) on all field goal attempts. This is something I learned to do at our officiating camps. We sometimes think we are doing all the right things until the video tape is analyzed and we can see ourselves (not stepping down). It becomes much easier to see the action at the basket and all around it when getting closer from the Trail position. My "old" habit was to start going the other way.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

I would suggest a step down (toward the basket) on all field goal attempts. This is something I learned to do at our officiating camps. We sometimes think we are doing all the right things until the video tape is analyzed and we can see ourselves (not stepping down). It becomes much easier to see the action at the basket and all around it when getting closer from the Trail position. My "old" habit was to start going the other way.

Yes and no...yes it's a good thing to do, but no it would not have helped in this situation because closer means a tighter view, especially in a girls game since the focus isn't at the rim, so it would actually be harder to watch rebound action and see the basket from a closer spot.

[Ron Giacoma]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Yes and no...yes it's a good thing to do, but no it would not have helped in this situation because closer means a tighter view, especially in a girls game since the focus isn't at the rim, so it would actually be harder to watch rebound action and see the basket from a closer spot.

What do you suggest ??

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

What do you suggest ??

Do the proper mechanics is all you can do, the OP was just a case of a bad net and a little loss of focus, which is easy to do in a girls game when you have a mosh pit on every rebound.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Do the proper mechanics is all you can do, the OP was just a case of a bad net and a little loss of focus, which is easy to do in a girls game when you have a mosh pit on every rebound.

Just for the record, the correct mechanics around here are to step down and out on the shot, whether it's boys or girls. Not all girls' games have a mosh pit under the basket after every shot, especially at the varsity level.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Just for the record, the correct mechanics around here are to step down and out on the shot, whether it's boys or girls. Not all girls' games have a mosh pit under the basket after every shot, especially at the varsity level.

How many HS girls games have you had with plenty of rebounding action at or above rim level?

Girls play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact, more players in the lane after a shot and a lot less focus by the officials on the ball around the basket.

I can usually count on one hand the number of times per game the girls will attack the ball on a rebound and jump and go get it. That is the biggest adjustment I have to make doing both boys and girls games...at times the very next night...is that the basket violations come into play and I have to split my focus more.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

How many HS girls games have you had with plenty of rebounding action at or above rim level?

Girls play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact, more players in the lane after a shot and a lot less focus by the officials on the ball around the basket.

I can usually count on one hand the number of times per game the girls will attack the ball on a rebound and jump and go get it. That is the biggest adjustment I have to make doing both boys and girls games...at times the very next night...is that the basket violations come into play and I have to split my focus more.

I've had zero hs girls' games with any play above the rim. But that doesn't mean that they just bunch up under the basket. "Girls' play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact" fine so far. Why does that mean more players in the lane after a shot? I don't follow you. And thus less focus on the ball by the official? Wow, I hope not!