Violations/Fouls that you ignore

rwest

7th Girls game. Home team up 30 points. Are you going to call every travel you see?

Rock Chalk

A1 has inside position on B1..both go up for a rebound above A1's head. Both grab it come to the ground and A1 lowers the ball to his chest. B1 still has the ball but now it's contact. If B1 lets go and A1 goes on with the play with no issues, it's a play on...i don't explain it well, but I'm going to imagine that we have all had this play. The result looks like a foul on B1 but 9/10 times it's a play on in my book.

just another ref

Rock Chalk wrote
A1 has inside position on B1..both go up for a rebound above A1's head. Both grab it come to the ground and A1 lowers the ball to his chest. B1 still has the ball but now it's contact. If B1 lets go and A1 goes on with the play with no issues, it's a play on...i don't explain it well, but I'm going to imagine that we have all had this play. The result looks like a foul on B1 but 9/10 times it's a play on in my book.

If B1 lets go, play on. If B1 doesn't let go, it could be a foul, but it sounds more like a held ball.

Nevadaref

just another ref wrote
If B1 lets go, play on. If B1 doesn't let go, it could be a foul, but it sounds more like a held ball.

I agree. That's the way that I call such.

Back In The Saddle

Me too.

Adam

stosh

I ignore an opponent of the free throw shooter stepping into the lane early if the basket is made 😀

I also ignore calling a "kicked ball" if it imediately goes out of bounds 😀

Adam

stosh wrote
I also ignore calling a "kicked ball" if it imediately goes out of bounds 😃

I can think of two situations where you shouldn't do this. 🙂

Welpe

Snaqwells wrote
I can think of two situations where you shouldn't do this. 🙂

I can think of one, during an AP throw-in. What would be the other?

stosh

Snaqwells wrote
I can think of two situations where you shouldn't do this. 🙂

1.) If there is a shot clock
2.) If the ball goes out of bounds at a spot that gives the "kicker's" team an advantage.

wanja

The reality is that level of play and situation do play a role in ignoring violations. At the least skilled level of play with very young players it would be a disservice to the game and development of the players to call every violation. Consistency is important here but not a golden rule. For example, Team A is blowing out Team B and A1 who is far above the skill level of the other players travels on the way to a score. Tweet. Conversely, Team A is blowing out Team B and B1 who has not scored all season, touches the line on a free throw that goes in. No tweet.

At a higher level of play, I'm likely to ignore a violation in this situation. Team A is blowing out team B and the situation with players and fans is volatile. With the clock stopped and 1 second remaining, B1 slightly touches inbounds before releasing a throw in. No tweet.

Upward ref

BillyMac wrote
Called it a few years ago in a Christmas tournament game. My partner, and the two officials for the game following mine, advised me never to call it again, so I never will.

My smart alecky side always makes me ask " what other rules should I ignore ,and why ? "

Upward ref

Snaqwells wrote
I can think of two situations where you shouldn't do this. 🙂

Do "kicked ball" calls always require determining if it was intentional or not ?

Jurassic Referee

stosh wrote
1) I ignore an opponent of the free throw shooter stepping into the lane early if the basket is made.

2) I also ignore calling a "kicked ball" if it imediately goes out of bounds.

1) That's not ignoring a violation because there was NO violation. What you're ignoring is the usage of the proper mechanic i.e. using the signal for a delayed lane violation followed by dropping the signal to show that there was no violation applicable when the FT was made. Not a good idea imo btw.

2) Why? 😕

Jurassic Referee

Upward ref wrote
Do "kicked ball" calls always require determining if it was intentional or not ?

It is not a "kicked ball" violation if the kick isn't intentional.

Adam

Upward ref wrote
Do "kicked ball" calls always require determining if it was intentional or not ?

Yes. In order to be a violation, it must be intentional.

Adam

stosh wrote
I ignore an opponent of the free throw shooter stepping into the lane early if the basket is made 😀

I also ignore calling a "kicked ball" if it imediately goes out of bounds 😃

Snaqwells wrote
I can think of two situations where you shouldn't do this. 🙂

Welpe wrote
I can think of one, during an AP throw-in. What would be the other?

stosh wrote
1.) If there is a shot clock
2.) If the ball goes out of bounds at a spot that gives the "kicker's" team an advantage.

I don't really care about shot clocks, but I suppose that's a third situation. Welpe has one, during an AP throwin.

The other is when the throwing team has an endline throwin. If the first touch in bounds is a defensive kick, and the ensuing spot would be on the same endline, the throwing team gets an end line throwin rather than a spot throwin.

If you simply rule out of bounds on the defense, then you've simply got a spot throwin.

Mark Padgett

I ignore flagrant fouls that result in reconstructive surgery. They're just too much fun to observe when they happen. I don't want to discourage them. 😛

j51969

MelbRef wrote
Given the response thus far, I doubt if there will be any further inputs to this thread.

Oh well.

So give your list of things you don't call.

BillyMac

Upward ref wrote
My smart alecky side always makes me ask "what other rules should I ignore ,and why ?"

The reason I was given was the intent and purpose of the rule. I guess that back when they had jump balls after every basket, some players would try to punch the ball to prevent their opponents from rebounding the ball. With players nearby, a punch was considered dangerous. Agree, but I wish I was told that twenty-nine years ago when I first learned the rules. We'll have to get Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. in here to confirm this nineteenth century interpretation

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