Airborne shooter - Held ball

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
Hawks Coach and JR,
It seems that there is some problem in defining what it means to prevent the release of the ball.
If we take the play I said happened in my HS game as our example, the question becomes: When, if ever, did my teammate prevent the shooter from releasing the ball on a try?

Nevada,I don't have any problem at all defining what it means to prevent the release of a ball.If the shooter actually releases the ball for a shot before coming back down,he surashell wasn't prevented from doing so.That's also exactly why there was no jump ball called in your high school game.I can't see how anyone could possibly argue that the shot couldn't be released,when it WAS!

Note that CB4.25.2 that you are referring to also states B1 kept A1 from releasing the ball.That's why it results in an "immediate" jump ball.No release=jump ball! Release=no call!

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jan 19th, 2003 at 06:53 AM]