something that always bugs me

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 22, 2002, 08:57am

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

This is not a case of common sense. Common sense when the coach strays out of his coaching box towards the endline to coach his team in violation of the rules and instead of calling a technical foul on him which is what is required by the rules you quitely remind him to step back into the coaching box as you go by him.

As I said in another post, I was told today that it's not logical to call a PC "under" the basket.

Whoever told you that it was not logical to call a player control foul "under" the basket has an extremely poor grasp of the rules.

Please reread the portion of my posting that talks about screening to make the offensive player change the type of shot he wants to take.

If a defensive player as legally acquired a position on the court under the basket, then the offensive player has to make a decision: Can he drive to the basket for a layup (high percentage shot) and still avoid making illegal contact with the defender or will he have to pull up short to shoot a lower percentage shot and thus avoid making illegal contact with the defender.

This is not a difficult concept to understand. In fact, this is a classic example why the rule is written the way it is, and why the Rules Committee (Barb Jacob's exception and do not get me started on her exception) wants it enforced. The player with the ball does not have complete immunity to go where ever he pleases. By reading the NFHS Basketball Handbook one will get a feel for why the National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada (now the NFHS and NCAA) wrote the rules as they are.