Worse and Best in one night

[ranjo]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I'm missing something here. If the coach didn't even know his player had lost the ball, it sounds like he didn't see the play at all, so how could he argue about what was or wasn't a foul. Also, you couldn't explain why it was a foul without the fact that the ball was loose? This makes it sound like a player in control of the ball can't commit a foul. The phrase "knocking her to the floor" kind of speaks for itself, no matter where the ball was.

Probably wasn't too clear on that - Visitor was dribbling up the sideline in her front court and ball got away from her. Home was guarding visitor in front and went for the ball after it got away from her. Visitor also went for the ball, but home was in more of an advantagous position and got knocked down.

If visitor had control and was dribbling, the contact probably would have been a block or push by home. This is what coach could not see. With so much going on at the moment, I lost my instant replay and had trouble replaying the stich to the coach. Hope that explains.