2010-11 NFHS Rule Changes

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Nagy0716

2010-11 POINTS OF EMPHASIS

1. Rules Enforcement
2. Sportsmanship
3. Perimeter Play
4. Closely-guarded Situations
5. Principle of Verticality

*6 ACT OF SHOOTING! is it just me or does it seem like 90 percent of the time in HIGHSCHOOL, refs are to quick to wave of the shot and not let them "continue" after they are fouled?

Let me address a couple things. POEs are not just for officials. POEs are for coaches that teach their players and the players that play the game. Many of the things we see that are put in the POEs are not just because officials do not call things, it is also because coaches and players do not understand the application of those rules. The best example I can give is a few years ago when one of the POEs was about slapping the backboard. It was funny how many times a slap of the backboard took place and coaches (and their players) wanted points to be counted, even though the rule was emphasized to not have that perception. It did not stop every time this took place a coach thought the officials did not know the rule or had to try to tell officials this was a POE. I can honestly say I have not seen many officials screw up that rule but once or twice in my career and it is usually non-high school sanctioned games where I see that mess up. In other words, the officials may or may not have been licensed to work regular high school games.

The part about "Act of Shooting" is much more of a problem with coaches and players because they think that if you are not airborne and throwing the ball in the basket at the moment you are fouled, you are not in the act of shooting. Usually the officials that get this wrong are newer officials that do not understand the current rules on when a player is in the act of shooting. But veterans tend to get this right more often and award properly shots on a foul. But it is the coaches and players that are often asking, "He was on the floor right?" Or they say "This is not the NBA" which ironically is just about the same rule as in college and high school.

Peace