Two Players on the Floor

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It doesn't even have to be a loose ball. Could be a pass.

Isn't a pass a loose ball?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Isn't a pass a loose ball?

Not in my book.

[bainsey]

A-1 is on the floor, with a loose ball within his reach. B-2 dives over A-1 and while his hands are right over the ball, his chest/torso land on top of A-1.

I had a foul. Coach played the "he was going for the ball" card. I'm certainly going to give some leniancy if you're playing the ball, but not if you use your opponent as a landing strip. Besides, I believe someone here established that, crazy as it may sound, A-1 is entitled to that spot on the floor.

Thoughts?

[26 Year Gap]

Easy foul call. Aren't a large percentage of fouls results of someone 'going for the ball'?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by bainsey

A-1 is on the floor, with a loose ball within his reach. B-2 dives over A-1 and while his hands are right over the ball, his chest/torso land on top of A-1.

I had a foul. Coach played the "he was going for the ball" card. I'm certainly going to give some leniancy if you're playing the ball, but not if you use your opponent as a landing strip. Besides, I believe someone here established that, crazy as it may sound, A-1 is entitled to that spot on the floor.

Thoughts?

Thoughts: "He was going for the ball" is in The Coaches Handbook of Things to Say When You Don't Know What to Say. It's right between "That's gotta be something" and "How can you not call that?"

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Coach played the "he was going for the ball" card.

I see that he was, Coach. That's why the foul wasn't intentional.