Ever Felt Overwhelmed By The Rules (And Questions) When Beginning To Officiate?

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Originally Posted by PSidbury

For example: A player can catch their own errant shot that does not hit the rim, backboard, or another player and stays in field of play. This is not a travel.
My brain: Uh... but the player just "passed it to themselves" and re-established ball control on the other side of the court without dribbling.
Rules Book: Not a pass. This is a loss of team control and team control ends when the ball is released on a shot attempt.

Most people don't know that this isn't traveling because nthey don't realize you must be holding the ball in order to travel. *

Newbies: The rules can be difficult, basically because you're unlearning all the myths that you've learned from watching and playing the game. If you don't have a rule book and case book, order from www.nfhs.com. Also, the ARS software is a great tool and includes electronic versions of both of these books.

You've taken a good first step by joining this forum. There's also a forum at www.nfhs.org. There are a lot of crusty veterans in this site. But if you'll read and digest the things we write while asking questions but not arguing, you'll gain a tremendous amount of knowledge just from reading everyday, esepcially during the season.