This IMO is truely the bottom line. Contact intended to throw off a shot = foul.

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Furthermore...I wave my private parts at your aunties.

Some would have you believe differently. They would undermine the core beliefs we hold near and dear. They threaten our economy and our very way of life. We call them terrorists. Seems like good ol Al'Qaeda had finally found out how to undermine society through bad officiating and screwing up athletic contests.

Anyway homeland security should be along shortly to clean the mess up. Keep at it.

Did you consider the fact that B1 had 4 fouls to be significant?

I very much doubt their ability to perform on any aspect of this statement. :rolleyes:

Happy Valentines' Day
 

Jurassic Referee: Why are you being so polite to me? I expected to come home from work, get online, and get blasted for posting something as stupid as I did, but instead, I get a polite response, as if I were asking an important, interesting, or realistic question. In the past you have posted that you have never shared with us your gender. Could it be that you being nice to me because it's Saint Valentine's Day. By the way, I'm a male Billy, not a female Billie. "Not that there's anything wrong with that".

Billy, you asked a legitimate question. I answered it to the best of my ability.

Sometimes, it kinda seems that you just think way too much about inconsequential stuff. This is a discussion board. Take what you can out out of it and simply ignore the other stuff without worrying about anybody else.

Of course, I do gotta admit that I was kinda hurt that I never got a valentine from you.:mad:

Oooh, Greek roots. Good for you! Show the fig, baby!

Tap in the stomach
 

This is a foul for this reason: the stomach area is a bit more sensitive than other areas of the body. A tap there can force the stomach muscles to contract. That contraction will most certainly affect a kids shot. Now, can we tell if the tap truly distracted the shooter and caused a muscle reflex? Unless the shooter doubles over, probably not. However, having played and having been tapped in the stomach while shooting, I can tell you it can be a MAJOR shot altering event. Players attempt this/do this because they KNOW the affect it has on the shooter. No question in my mind: foul. I called this last year during a tourney. The kid asked why the call. I explained the stomach tap and the distraction. He just smiled, he understood. He didn't do it again the rest of the game. Foul.

Lord I can't believe they let you two get away with all this fawning.:D

Get a room please.:eek:

Thanks for reminding me what it was like to "tapped" in the stomach.

I will be more aware of this from now on.

So, can someone provide a list of body parts that are and aren't allowed to be tapped during a shot?

Elbow: NO
Leg: YES
Stomach: ???
Nose: ???

Back in HS we had an assistant coach who would play 1 on 1 with any player to 10 points with the "bet" being a Pizza. He was ~5'10", overweight but a great shooter. His caveat being that he was allowed 3 "got-cha" fouls. So first time you would go up for a shot he will "flick" very forcefully your "very venerable" male anatomy, and say "got-cha". Rest of game all he had to say was "got-cha" and you would flinch to the point that you could not concentrate on your shot. Not all "taps" are created equal.

No offense, but this is the silliest thing I've read in a while.