On the Floor, et al

[mj]

"2 shots, relax on the first"...what if they don't want to relax?

Officials that point to the bench when reporting a foul.

Seeing a Trail park his buns 2 feet inside the division line and 2 feet inside the sideline and never moving.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mj

"2 shots, relax on the first"...what if they don't want to relax?

Officials that point to the bench when reporting a foul.

Seeing a Trail park his buns 2 feet inside the division line and 2 feet inside the sideline and never moving.

The pointing to the bench thing -- I'd pass out if a JV official around here DIDN'T do that.

My biggest annoyance is the official that has to report twice. Four-two-four-two. For God's sake, is it 42 or 24? Or 4242?

For free throws:

I picked up "two times" from some partner over the years.

Doesn't matter what level I'm working, I just say "two times," "one and one," or "one" and bounce the ball. I don't need to give instructions as if they're relevant. If they're having trouble lining up, I'll say "red down low" (which really confuses the teams if one's wearing blue and the other white ).

[mj]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

The pointing to the bench thing -- I'd pass out if a JV official around here DIDN'T do that.

My biggest annoyance is the official that has to report twice. Four-two-four-two. For God's sake, is it 42 or 24? Or 4242?

For free throws:

I picked up "two times" from some partner over the years.

Doesn't matter what level I'm working, I just say "two times," "one and one," or "one" and bounce the ball. I don't need to give instructions as if they're relevant. If they're having trouble lining up, I'll say "red down low" (which really confuses the teams if one's wearing blue and the other white ).

"Two times guys/ladies" from me as well.

Agree 100% on the giving the number twice.

[HawkeyeCubP]

"That's a..." or "no - no - no" (preceeding a travel, etc.)

And FWIW, "on the floor" is listed in the W CCA manual as an appropriate thing to to when clarification is needed - I personally don't use it, still.

[BillyMac]

From Scrapper1: "A fouled player used to be awarded one free throw on ANY foul."

I've been officiating for a long time, twenty-seven years, and can recall two major changes in foul shooting; two foul shots for all technical fouls, instead of one foul shot; and the double bonus for the tenth foul of the half, instead of the continuation of the one-and-one until the end of the half.

My long time officiaiting has clouded my memory of what we did, in terms of foul shots, back in my high school days, in the early seventies.

What did we do? Please help. I know that there are some real old timers on this Forum.