I was expecting different numbers than that...
 

This is crazy talk!
 

You are correct...it is unrealistic to assume that, as officials, we can see 5 rows up. These "moms" need to be moved courtside when discovered.

Wait til you get older. ;)

I call boolsh!t! The mechanic used at that time was to bird-dog until the hand went up. We also had to tell the player and the player then had 5 seconds to raise their hand. So no, trying sumthin' like that never worked most of the time or even some of the time. Unless you're talking about college intramurals with pick-up officials.

In high school, our coach had the best FT shooter on the team toe the line whenever possible after a nearby teammate was fouled. Happened a handful of times. Maybe less. Was easy enough to play off with confusion if ever questioned by a man with a whistle. :o Was corrected maybe 25% of the time. :o

So, as an official, this is probably a POE for you. Know the shooter.

Since FIBA is switching to a rectangular restricted area you should change yours into some other fancy polygon. :) What about a pentagon?

Ciao

Great idea. I think one of these on every court would be cool. It might cut down on rough play.

http://weblogs.dailypress.com/news/l.../pentagon2.jpg

But, oh, the red tape when reporting a foul ... and those creases better be concrete-straight in those Sansabelts

No it was real live intercollegiate athletics.(Although I did play intramural soccer, flag football, frisbee golf and softball) Some of the games were even on that new fangled television invention. If there was a cluster in the lane and the whistle blew, up went my hand. I knew I had fouls to give and I knew my role on the team. It is also basic human nature to take the path of least resistance. Official blows whistle on a foul, sees a hand go up, why NOT give it to that guy he was near the play.
While I am sure you are the only official who never lost a players number on a foul, there are those out there who ARE fallible and as a player I more than certainly took advantage of it. And if the opposing coach picked up on it, that just made it more fun.:D

I can neither confirm nor deny any personal involvment in a similar situation as a certain poster would be more likely to believe you then me!!:D I can also not state with any certainty that it also helps your scoring average!!

When I played I did this once; I got away with it. It was not at the direction of our coach, however.

Frankly, while it may be a good thing to do, strategically; I find it to be poor coaching. In order to agree with me, though, you'll have to think coaching at the amateur level is about more than winning games.

SNAQ I would lOVE to agree with you but that may hurt your credibility on this board. So in THAT vein, I can't believe you would have such a nieve, innocent and quite frankly eggregiously out of touch expectation of athletics at the amateur level:p

My credibility level here is set in stone at this point, I think. What that level is, I have no idea. :)

Do you even know what a "birddog" is? Using the mechanics that we had to use when that rule was in effect, it was impossible for the wrong player to be charged with a foul. We had to run up to within 5 feet of the player who fouled and then point at the player's waist until he raised his arm. If he didn't raise his arm straight up within 5 seconds, we were supposed to call a "T".

And that rule was long gone before the Regan years when you said that you played.

Boolsh!t!:rolleyes: