MTD, Jr. and I learned something new last night.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Last night Junior and I officiated a girls' H.S. jr. varsity game together and late in the fourth quarter I called a charging foul on the Home Team's center. She was facing the basket from about fifteen feet from the basket and she dribbled right through the defender.

According to H's HC, his player can't be guilty of a charging foul because she was dribbling the ball when she went right through the defender.

MTD, Sr.

[Welpe]

Oh that's a good one. That must be a fundamental right below the one about it being impossible to travel while dribbling.

I had a funny comment from a coach during a middle school game last night after I called a charge on his dribbler. "Ref how can that be a foul? He didn't knock the defender down."

[grunewar]

And for all you newbies out there, this just proves you can learn something new every game.....no matter how many you've done! (sarc)

[Mark Padgett]

This thread reminds me of the T-shirt my son used to wear. It showed a guy being loaded into the back of an ambulance on a gurney. Underneath was printed, "NO RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - NO FOUL!"

[zm1283]

I learned from a coach last week that the opposing coach can't call a timeout after the official reaches 4 on his 5-second throw in count.

[Cobra]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I learned from a coach last week that the opposing coach can't call a timeout after the official reaches 4 on his 5-second throw in count.

That used to be true some time ago.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I learned from a coach last week that the opposing coach can't call a timeout after the official reaches 4 on his 5-second throw in count.

Originally Posted by Cobra

That used to be true some time ago.

The infamous change of status rule. Can't call a timeout when 80% of a count had been reached (throwin, closely guarded, ten seconds).

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I learned from a coach last week that the opposing coach can't call a timeout after the official reaches 4 on his 5-second throw in count.

I didn't think the opposing coach could be granted a timeout once the throw-in begins.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I didn't think the opposing coach could be granted a timeout once the throw-in begins.

Well, the opposing coach's team was the one that had the ball at its disposal for the throw-in.

[Adam]

I learned last night, "That's got to be something!"