Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. |
Wed Jan 05, 2011 02:31pm |
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
(Post 711881)
We've had a few threads recently about correctable errors, noncorrectable errors, and mistakes, such as coaches requesting and beng granted an excess timeout that later turns out not to be excessive. And players who have been disqualified for five fouls, and it's later discovered that they really didn't have five fouls. All ugly situations. Well, here's another one that happened to a buddy in a recent junior varsity game.
Lead official calls an intentional foul on B1 who fouled A1 in the act of shooting. Ball does not go in. Lead properly signals the intentional foul at the spot of the foul, and reports it as such to the table.
Old trail does not see the intentional foul signal, and, as new lead, lines up players to rebound A1's two shots. New trail does not realize that there is a problem. A1's two shots are successful. Team B takes the last successful free throw out of bounds and successfully makes a throwin to a Team B player. At the next whistle, Team A coach asks the officials why they didn't get the ball back at the site of the intentional foul?
Any way to correct this? What if A1 missed the second shot, any way to correct? What if A1 wasn't in the act of shooting a missed the first half of a one and one, anyway to corect?
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What to do after it has been discovered that the penalty for the IPF was not correctly assessed has been pretty well discussed in this thread. I want to discuss how to prevent this mistake in the first place.
I know in Connecticut that two-man officiating crews are still used. That said, the protocol for handling IF's, FF's, and TF's should pre-gamed. These three types of fouls are the ones that no one wants to have occur in their games but they do happen and we must be ready to handle them, no matter how much we dislike having to deal with them.
The most important thing when an IF, FF, and TF is called is communication among the members of the officiating crew.
The first thing that the calling official must do before going to the Table to report the foul is to meet at the center circle with the other members of the officiating crew and tell them what he has. At this point the crew should determine: (1) if and how many free throws are to be awarded, (2) who (player or team) is going to shoot free throws, (3) at which basket any free throws will be attempted, (4) whether or not the lane spaces will be occupied, and (5) how the ball will be put back into play. An extra 30 seconds of communication goes a long way in preventing ugly situations.
MTD, Sr.
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