Kicking it

[Terrapins Fan]

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....

[Adam]

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.

[deecee]

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

[Terrapins Fan]

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.

[Adam]

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

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

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.

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

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by deecee

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?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

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?

[deecee]

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

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Ever hear the story about the scorpion and the frog?

Do I want to?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by deecee

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

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

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

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

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

[Scrapper1]

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. . . )

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

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. . . )

Here, you'll need these:

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[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

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.