Running out on end lines

[Kelvin green]

I am going to chime in here. You stated that you would only call it if there is no advantage.... What other violations do you ignore because there is no advantage?

Hate to tell you but if they run OOB to avoid a screen, no matter what the reason, the player got an adavntage so allowed by NFHS rules. Cant call it like the NBA or NCAA...

How do you explain to a coach (who most likely knows it's illegal) that you did not call it the 8 times in three and 3/4 quarters because the player did not touch the ball, but in the last two minutes you called it because of an apparent advantage.

If you call it the first time, it establishes your boundaries...

It is just like other things that happen in the game that coaches do... I have had several games after calling the off ball/illegal screen call, that I have heard coaches say that you know what their going to call tonight so back off the screen...

Gotta Call it...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Kelvin green

If they run OOB to avoid a screen, no matter what the reason, the player got an advantage so allowed by NFHS rules.

Agree (almost). I might warn the player the first time that they do it to avoid the screen, but that's the only warning that they'll get, after that it's a violation. I had this play two years ago. The first time they ran the play, I was the lead and the player almost knocked me over. That made me think "hmmm ... violation?". After a switch, they ran the same play and my partner, now the lead, called the violation, and we hadn't even talked about it.