was that travelling?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

We'll play the black line all around. Blue don't talk to white, white don't talk to blue. Keep the hands off, we'll be watching close for hand checks....

That's how I start anyway. I just keep going until the captains and coaches fall asleep and I can slip out of the gym unnoticed with my game check.

Smiley? Blue text? Give us somethin' here Rich...don't expect everyone to grasp your context.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Smiley? Blue text? Give us somethin' here Rich...

I think Rich is counting on all of us knowing he doesn't back pedal on the basketball court.

[ABC Coach]

According to all the posts I've read, I called the play correctly. The guy gathered the ball with his right foot down. He then stepped onto his left foot which would normally have been his plant for a jump towards the hoop. Then while the defensive player came flying by, the shooter pulled his right foot up to meet his left and just stood there while the defender passed.

Someone asked how I handled the guy...well, this guy was a jerk from the start. I had warned him early in the game to stop complaining. About 10 minutes after that, he flipped out over some call that didn't go his team's way and was in my face about it. I gave him a tech for that one. This whole traveling business happened about 2 quarters later...towards the end of the game. He was flaring his arms and shouting at me loud enough for the entire gym to clearly hear his nonsense. I couldn't let it slide, so I teched him again and that was it.

Gentlemen, bear in mind that for the past 15 years, this league has NEVER had a certified ref...for that matter I don't know if there's ever been an officially trained ref watching over these games. The players are used to complaining over the calls for 2 or 3 minutes every time they don't like what was called. It will take some time to undo that mentality.

Thanks for all the advice.

[Adam]

ABC, sounds like a good chance for a zero tolerance policy on complaints. How old are these players? It sounds like they're adults.

Start handing out Ts and it'll stop. Might start with a letter to all teams explaining the newly stepped up enforcement.

[Lotto]

Originally Posted by ABC Coach

According to all the posts I've read, I called the play correctly.

If I understand your narrative, you didn't quite call the play correctly, but you were close. Let me take your scenario, remove the parts that don't matter, and comment:

The guy gathered the ball with his right foot down. He then stepped onto his left foot ...

OK, so now the right foot is the pivot foot.

...the shooter pulled his right foot up

Still legal...the pivot foot is lifted.

to meet his left and just stood there

As soon as the right foot touches the court again, we have a travel.

while the defender passed.

And here's the small error---you don't wait for the defender to pass. This is a travel as soon as the right foot retouches the floor.