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Jeff makes some good points. There are guys who've been officiating since 1990 that you really don't want to listen to. There are guys who've been officiating since 2003, however, that might have something important to say. Most people fall somewhere in between; much of what they say should at least be considered; even if you're going to discard it later.
The act of considering it and thinking about it will eventually make you a smarter official. |
Thanks everyone for your feedback!
Since I am fairly new to the site I haven't had a real chance to learn who to weed out in regards to discussions as I try to give everyone a fair shake. Thanks to all those you take the time to share factual info as I have learned a lot from my few weeks on the boards! |
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In fact, some of the best teachers of the game may not have been the best on-court officials. A good official might be a lot better at teaching and communicating what they know than a great official. |
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This is a problem that I have seen several times with running-clock rules. Often the restarting of the clock becomes debated (an argument I have had many times in reffing IM basketball). |
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This is effective for technical fouls. If I'm working a team that is down in the game and they burn a TO after their player commits a TF. We will take the TO, then shoot the TF with the clocked stopped, and then start it aftrwards. |
Thanks all ... What I have done is convinced the league to come up with a rule on how they want to handle this typr of situation.
What I did was handled it just like I would a timeout. after the FTs and the ball ws inbounded - we started the clock. One team did not like it and objected ... but, there was no rule in place for this and I did what I thought was right. |
Unless there's a rule in place, one team is always going to be upset.
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Even having a rule is no guarantee somebody won't be upset. Sounds like you did just fine Johnny.
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Extrapolating this for your situation, I'd be inclined to start the clock as I would after the last three throw. (If it was a summer game, I'd ask to start the clock as soon as the first free throw was administered, mostly since most summer leagues are loosey-goosey when it comes to admin stuff :D ) Just my $0.02 |
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