General Questions- a couple unusual

[lpbreeze]

All right here are a bunch of questions and some help would be appreciated. Some are easy but I'm just not too sure.

-----For girls high school is the five second count only in the frontcourt and only after the dribble has ended? Holding the ball?

1.Does the arrow switch- halftime? If Team B has the arrow at the end of first half does that mean they will start with the ball in the second half? If Team A gets the jump to start the game does that mean Team B gets it in the second even though the arrow was pointing to team A to end the first half?

2.When a player saves a ball does he/she have to get two feet in? Or one foot other not touching out? Can they dribble after saving it? If A1 is dribbling fumbles the ball then he can’t dribble again? If he saves the ball after it fumbles then I assume he can’t dribble it. If A1 catches a pass and it goes off his hands and then he saves it can he dribble the ball?

3.If A1 goes for a layup gets blocked and then fouled by a second player or the same player say on the landing- when does the shot end—would it be on the ground?

4.I’m not totally clear on 3 seconds.
Guy goes in the lane for two seconds- get passes the ball holds it for 3 or 4 seconds then passes it? Is that 3 seconds,, if not should he get out of the lane right away- or would the ref count to 3 before making the call? If he was in the lane for two seconds, gets the ball, two seconds more and then passes it out is that a 3 second count if he doesn’t get out of the lane within a new 3 second count.

5.Airball- shot- can he dribble it? Does it matter if it hit the ground?

6.On the free throws the players have to wait til the ball hits the rim? Not the backboard.

6.B—Say at the end of the game, a free throw misses bounces away without touching anyone. The timer started the clock. Time runs out. If this is a timer mistake then the ref can put time back on the clock but how do you know who gets the ball. I assume it alternates but if team A the free throw shooting team gets the ball I could see that team B would be upset. If Team B is clearly going to get the rebound or gets the ball and then time runs out would the ball go to Team B with time on the clock? OR at the end of the half a team rolls the ball in so the clock doesn't start, but the timer starts it too early. If the ref doesn't see this and a shot is made but after the buzzer is it waived off even if without a doubt the shot would have been legal if the clock started on time. I would assume the play wouldn't count.

7 510 1E in the Case book- Does clock always run, after a made basket? I thought it stopped. Does it run once a player has the ball and is ready to throw it again? Or is this just late in the game.


8- Backcourt- Again not too clear. Mainly I want to know when the frontcourt is established. Can A1 with both feet in the backcourt dribble in the frontcourt and then back to the backcourt?
Can A1 step with one foot or both feet in the frontcourt but the ball dribbling in the backcourt? And then return the feet back to the backcourt?
I saw a player run along the midcourt- one foot in the backcourt the other in the front court dribbling the ball in the backcourt and then the frontcourt and back again. So the ball and one foot was at times in the front court but not both feet.

If a train leaves Boston and 10 am traveling 45 mph and Train B leaves Houston ---...

---Is it walking if a player who is on the ground after a loose ball gets to one knee holding the ball? Or if on the ground tries to dribble it and stands or gets to one knee?

After a 3 seconds call where is the location for the inbounds throw? For fouls or violations not on the baseline is the inbounds throw always freethrow line extended or above? If it is a charge near the basket does it go on the side or baseline? I heard something about not having throwins in front of a visiting teams bench. If the ball goes out there do you just throw it in there?

[Mark Padgett]

I think if you go and watch even one HS game, all your questions will be answered.

Except maybe the one about the train.

[rainmaker]

It's a lot of questions to answer all at once. Could you do some research into the rules book, and back into past forum threads, and then come in with specific clarifications that you still need? One at a time? please?

[rainmaker]

This thread should help some. Study it.

Myths of Basketball

[just another ref]

Are we on candid camera?

[willpage]

These responses remind me of my Dad...

"Dad, what's the capital of Thailand?"
"Go look it up, son."

And this is my first post... So it leaves me wondering how I will get smacked-down when I leave some questions of my own.

Good luck, Lpbreeze. I feel for you, and I wish I could answer your questions, but I am a novice official myself.

Maybe someone friendly will come along that can actually give you some directions instead of telling you to buy a map.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by willpage

And this is my first post... So it leaves me wondering how I will get smacked-down when I leave some questions of my own.

As long as the questions aren't something like "does the ball have to be round", we'll be glad to help.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

As long as the questions aren't something like "does the ball have to be round", we'll be glad to help.

I could answer that question. (yes, I think) But this person is more likely to ask for an essay on the subject. Describe a basketball. Include the size, shape, and materials from which the ball is made. Where is the location of the factory?
What do the workers there have for lunch?

[PSidbury]

The kittens in this sandbox like to scratch...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by willpage

These responses remind me of my Dad...

"Dad, what's the capital of Thailand?"
"Go look it up, son."

And this is my first post... So it leaves me wondering how I will get smacked-down when I leave some questions of my own.

Good luck, Lpbreeze. I feel for you, and I wish I could answer your questions, but I am a novice official myself.

Maybe someone friendly will come along that can actually give you some directions instead of telling you to buy a map.

If you go to college and you expect the professor to answer all your questions, maybe college is not for you. All the questions are great but they are easily found in the rulebook and the answers frankly have many facites to them. Even if you want directions you have to find the best way that works for you.

Peace

[willpage]

Replies to me don't help the thread starter...???

My second post. I'm on a roll.

Will

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by willpage

Replies to me don't help the thread starter...???

My second post. I'm on a roll.

Will

Neither will answering all the questions (which would be better served one at a time) in this thread. It is hard enough to read and then go back and answer.

Peace

[tomegun]

Willpage, have you ever heard the saying, "Give a man a fish...?" The OP was asking for a fish and some others just gave him a quick fishing lesson. This site isn't a substitute for reading the rule book. Someone really could have been smart and gave him the rule - just the rule - for every question he had. If you take time to read some threads, questions are asked and answered all the time. But the OP clearly hasn't read the rule book. If he/she has...yeah, good luck.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Willpage, have you ever heard the saying, "Give a man a fish...?" The OP was asking for a fish and some others just gave him a quick fishing lesson. This site isn't a substitute for reading the rule book. Someone really could have been smart and gave him the rule - just the rule - for every question he had. If you take time to read some threads, questions are asked and answered all the time. But the OP clearly hasn't read the rule book. If he/she has...yeah, good luck.

Amen. You don't learn a thing by reading supplied answers. Or having someone supply you with an exam and it's answers also. You learn by looking up the answers. It's impossible to know the rules without putting some work into it. And the answers to all of the questions in the original post are available with a little work. If you don't have an answer after looking in the rule book, then you should be asking questions.

[Nevadaref]

How do you teach someone how to spell?