I was always told to "give consideration to the shooter" on the 3 second call. I always took this to mean to suspend the call once someone started their shooting motion, not that they looked like they were thinking about taking a shot.
Although it's hard to make a split second judgement like this (although everyone expects us to make them routinely), think of it this way. At the point when you are deciding whether to suspend the count or not, if the player would have been fouled at that exact point, would you have called it a shooting foul or not.
If you would have, the player is a shooter and should get the consideration. If you wouldn't have, the player was not a shooter and you should continue the count.
As I said, it's really hard to use that standard, but with experience, your instinct will take over.
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Thu Jun 01, 2000, 11:43am
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