Kicking it
 

Great game tonight. GV. Arch Rivials. 3 point game with home down 13 seconds left. TO. Home brings the ball down court. I am trail table side.

A1 gets off an off balance 3 point shot with 2 or 3 seconds left. I watch her get it off and follow the ball to see if it is good. No good, B1 rebounds the ball , game over...but the coach is going nuts...seems his girl hit the floor and wants the 3 free throws. I never saw a foul...I kicked it, because I followed the ball, but I do not believe she was fouled. game over.

I just post this just to help others watch the shooter at the end of a game. The defender wasn't even within 4 feet when she shot, still I should have stayed with the shooter....

I've done this in a boys' freshman game; but I turned my eyes to the paint to help on the rebound. Not a last second shot, but the shooter got "boxed out" before he landed. At least, I'm thinking that's what happened. I ended up having to call the T on the home coach for going bonkers, standing (boys coaches in Iowa do not have the coaching box) and yelling, "God D@mmit! Didn't you see that foul!?"
Easy T, but I knew I'd blown the call. A calmer response from the coach would have earned a guilty plea from me.

why are you watching if it went in? do you ever watch the ball -- why would it change now -- all you need to make sure is that the ball left the hand before the horn -- then officiate as normal -- get the shooter till shes back to the ground then step down to officiate the rebound

I watched the ball because I wanted to see if we were going OT...Guilty....Going over it in my mind, the ball left,she came back to the floor, I went with the ball and rebounders...I saw no contact at all.

Sounds like she wouldn't have had three shots anyway; if you saw her come to the floor unfouled.

terrapins what i am asking you is why are you watching the ball? do you really ever watch the ball -- no -- as trail you step down and observe and you can see the ball in your field of view -- but you shouldnt ball watch -- that will get you hammered by evaluators

So he knows what he did was a mistake, which is why the title of the thread is "kicking it" and he admits it was a mistake, and he told you why he made the mistake. The real question is why are you riding him about it?

Ever hear the story about the scorpion and the frog?

i am not riding him -- just reiterating ball watching and its perils

Do I want to?

After he's already created the whole post to talk about ball watching and its perils. Seems kinda like piling on.

Gee thanks, couldn't have figured that out on my own. :rolleyes:

My pre-game always includes "Let's watch the shooters all the up, and all the down". Just something to remind ourselves. (Not that it always works. . . :rolleyes: )

Here, you'll need these:

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LMAO!!! It's like my fingers had selective amnesia or something. I'm not even going to edit it. That's too funny.