Free throw administration for NFHS California

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

As always, Camron is exactly correct. I don't know why I missed that because I always say, "Wait until it hits something", not "Wait until it hits the rim".

When I address this at all (usually only in youth leagues, etc.) all I say is, "Let it hit."

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

When I address this at all (usually only in youth leagues, etc.) all I say is, "Let it hit."

All of the above is too much verbiage for me. I just say "one" or "two" or "three" or "one-and-one."

The players aren't listening to the rest anyway, and it's not as if sometimes they can enter on the release and sometime they have to wait for the hit.

(Exception: some summer tournaments / leagues play by FED rules and some by NCAA rules, so I do mention "wait" here, especially in the first couple of games.)

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

All of the above is too much verbiage for me. I just say "one" or "two" or "three" or "one-and-one."

This is how I was instructed also.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

When I address this at all (usually only in youth leagues, etc.) all I say is, "Let it hit."

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

All of the above is too much verbiage for me. I just say "one" or "two" or "three" or "one-and-one."

The players aren't listening to the rest anyway, and it's not as if sometimes they can enter on the release and sometime they have to wait for the hit.

(Exception: some summer tournaments / leagues play by FED rules and some by NCAA rules, so I do mention "wait" here, especially in the first couple of games.)

Agree with both. When I do say something, it's "let it hit." Anything involving schools or high school aged players, the only words I use are numbers.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Anything involving schools or high school aged players, the only words I use are numbers.

I have ontological objections to this claim.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I have ontological objections to this claim.

Overruled.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Overruled.

You didn't even ask what they were.

[Adam]

I have to admit I wondered what it had to do with the existence of God. Then I realized, "It's Monday. Never mind."

I am curious, though.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Agree with both. When I do say something, it's "let it hit." Anything involving schools or high school aged players, the only words I use are those that symbolize numbers plus the occasional "and" when required.

Originally Posted by mbyron

I have ontological objections to this claim.

Better?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Better?

I'm gratified that you're working so hard just to please me, so it seems a little bit petty to say no. Words don't symbolize numbers, numerals do. But you're getting warmer!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I'm gratified that you're working so hard just to please me, so it seems a little bit petty to say no. Words don't symbolize numbers, numerals do. But you're getting warmer!

Words are vocal symbols of ideas, entities, events, etc. I disagree.

I thought about correcting that to "refer to" rather than "symbolize," but where's the rhetorical fun in that?

[Back In The Saddle]

Hmmm, so I get that two is an abstract mathematical concept. I get that "2" is a numeral, that represents the abstract concept of two.

But "two" is, in my tiny little mind, "two" is the English language written representation of either "2" or two. Or both. Which makes it, in a word, a word.

[constable]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

When I address this at all (usually only in youth leagues, etc.) all I say is, "Let it hit."

I concur

'" 1 shot"
"2 shots"
"3 shots"
or " 1 and bonus...or 1 and 1"

etc

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by constable

I concur

'" 1 shot"
"2 shots"
"3 shots"
or " 1 and bonus...or 1 and 1"

etc

Depending on the risk of OT, I might say, "4 shots" or "5 shots" or "however many shots until I say stop".

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"however many shots until I say stop".

The NFHS should change the penalty for a direct T on the Head Coach to that.