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.