What happened first?

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by johnyd

In a boys JV game, I tend to agree. Boys can take that contact. Having been a long time girls coach and witnessed 4 serious knee injuries, I protect the airborn shooter every time.

So you officiate differently in this sitch according to the sex of the players on the floor? Seems a bit biased to me.

I had a similar call last week. JV girls. 6'2" defender steps over to play help defense on a much smaller guard driving the lane. Defender jumps straight up, blocks the shot, shooter goes into the defender and being a lot smaller, goes to the floor due to the contact. Coach/crowd goes bananas when I don't blow the whistle. The defender clearly got to the spot first and could have easily taken a charge if she had chosen to.

I try my hardest to not penalize good defense. I'm only in my 2nd year so I may be showing my relative rookie status.

This being said, if the defender moves into the shooter and initiates the contact, blow the whistle, girls or boys.

[mick]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

I had a similar call last week. JV girls. 6'2" defender steps over to play help defense on a much smaller guard driving the lane. Defender jumps straight up, blocks the shot, shooter goes into the defender and being a lot smaller, goes to the floor due to the contact. Coach/crowd goes bananas when I don't blow the whistle. The defender clearly got to the spot first and could have easily taken a charge if she had chosen to.

A few years ago I had a similar thing.

110# point guard ran into vertical 175# post. Guard went down and lay on the floor.
I called a PC. It was one of those calls where the defender was not disadvantaged [more than 6-8"], but I had a player down, and I felt I needed to call something.
Point guard's Dad started coming down from the stands to talk to me, but he stopped.
In thinking about it, I think I still need to make the same call.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

So you officiate differently in this sitch according to the sex of the players on the floor? Seems a bit biased to me.

Yes. It is different. On average.

Boys can "play through" contact that sends some female players to the floor. Contact that puts a female player at a disadvantage can cause no disadvantage at all to a male player. On average.

In this area, some girls coaches have a different expectation, too, and right or wrong, it changes how games are called by some officials. They prefer "contact = foul" and some officials call the games that way. Not me.