Act of shooting

just another ref · #1 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 01:31pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ch1town

Mens wreck last night:

A1 dribbles the length of the court & immediately upon gathering the ball at the FT line, B1 fouls A1 (tweet). A1 takes 2 steps & misses the shot.

I say A1 shoots 2 FTs my more veteran partners say “he wasn’t in the act” when the foul occurred.
Thoughts??

I say that there is no way to tell from the above description whether A1 was in the act or not.

rockyroad · #2 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 02:01pm

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Originally Posted by just another ref

I say that there is no way to tell from the above description whether A1 was in the act or not.

Why not?

Is he driving to the basket?

Has he gathered the ball (both hands on the ball)?

Then he has started the shooting motion - unless he passes it off, he was shooting. Give him his free throws.

Raymond · #3 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 02:44pm

When in doubt I give 'em 2 shots. Helps to discourage those types of fouls, IMO.

#4 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 03:42pm

Thanks for the responses! I thought I was interpreting the rule correctly. But when vets who are at a level I'd like to be, are like "no because he took 2 steps after the whistle" I had to bring it to the forum for clarification.

Afterall, this IS where I learned to apply so many of the rules correctly

just another ref · #5 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 03:39pm

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

Why not?

Is he driving to the basket?

Has he gathered the ball (both hands on the ball)?

Then he has started the shooting motion - unless he passes it off, he was shooting. Give him his free throws.

He was at the free throw line. He may have pulled up because B1 (who is 6' 10)
was blocking his path. A lot of variables are not spelled out in the OP.

#6 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 03:45pm

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Originally Posted by just another ref

He was at the free throw line. He may have pulled up because B1 (who is 6' 10)
was blocking his path. A lot of variables are not spelled out in the OP.

Negative, although he gathered the ball he did not "pull up" it was a drive to the bucket.

rockyroad · #7 (**permalink**) Thu May 14, 2009, 03:55pm

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Originally Posted by Ch1town

Negative, although he gathered the ball he did not "pull up" it was a drive to the bucket.

Yeah - we all got that. Well, most of us got that.

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