I violated rule #1.....not THAT rule #1

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Indirect Ts never count towards the foul count; they all have an accompanying direct. It's one foul, I'm not sure why people seem to think the indirect would count towards the team foul count.

This has been a common source of discussion almost annually at preseason meetings. Some have a hard time wrapping their minds around the indirect T. I always try to explain that the indirect isn't actually a foul. It's simply a way of tracking how many Ts have been called on bench personnel.

Once one grabs the concept that an indirect T never happens without an accompanying direct T, it seems to click.

[Loudwhistle]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

This has been a common source of discussion almost annually at preseason meetings. Some have a hard time wrapping their minds around the indirect T. I always try to explain that the indirect isn't actually a foul. It's simply a way of tracking how many Ts have been called on bench personnel.


Once one grabs the concept that an indirect T never happens without an accompanying direct T, it seems to click.

Agreed, I explain this to people (3-4) every year. Some are even officials!

I'll try to incorporate that wording, thanks. It just doesn't seem that confusing, but I have little rules that I get hung up on that other people master with no problem. One I have to slowly go through is when the opponents make a basket in the wrong hoop.