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Reversing my own call
Last night I was working boys' JV and the following situation happened: Tight game, 4th quarter, A1 brings the ball just over the timeline and B1 gets tight on him. A1 turns his back to B1 and pushes his dribble back towards the timeline. I clearly see it hit the imaginary "line" (large logo in center breaks the line up) and immediately whistle and signal over-and-back. Trouble is, as I'm signalling, the A bench hollers something and in my mind I groan "oh no". I saw the wrong line. It was one of the volleyball lines just inside A's frontcourt. I say "my bad!" (probably not an approved mechanic) "inadvertent whistle, still White ball".
My partner comes over to me with a quizzical look and I just tell her I made a mistake on which line it was, we're staying here. I don't think she was totally convinced I could do that. I wasn't totally convinced I could do that either but, at the moment, it was the best and fairest way I could think of. Team B coach never said a word which helped immensely. Any thoughts or rule citations on this? |
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Rules references are 1-3NOTE and case book play 1.3.2 Imaginary lines aren't allowed. |
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I guess for both Rizzo and I, it was better than blowing a whistle when nothing at all happened. Yeah, I've done that. |
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If I may, another situation in this game had to do with the timeline but not reversing a call.
A1 dribbles the ball up to midcourt and stops on the timeline with one foot straddling the line and one foot still in the backcourt. He PASSES to A2 whom I judged to receive the pass pretty much in the same position, foot on the timeline and one foot in backcourt. I realize if he had jumped from the frontcourt, received the pass then landed in that position it would have been over-and-back. However, in the situation described, I had no-call. The crowd of team B certainly had a call but I didn't. I believe (if my judgment was correct about the pass receiver) I had the right call. Any comments? If I was correct, I also don't believe that the call changes if the position of the backcourt foot (for A1 or A2) was any different (backcourt or frontcourt). I'm open to correction though. Last edited by Rizzo21; Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 02:25pm. |
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Except, I've never really thought about this before, but if the pass was a bounce-pass that bounced completely in the frontcourt, then the ball would have frontcourt status and A2 catching the ball would be a violation. At least, I think. |
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Actually this is not that uncommon, either. Officials often anticipate a crash and start to blow the whistle early, then the contact is avoided or is not nearly as severe as was expected. You then have the choice of IW or hang a foul on a player that may not have been justified. The bottom line is have a patient whistle.
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This is a good one to go blind on imo, except for maybe mentioning to the home AD that he should get a line put down. |
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