Rough perimeter play

[tref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Too many officials fall into that trap. There is no magic number of fouls. You're not looking for the 8-10 most obvious fouls. If they're playing beyond the bounds of legal play, call the fouls. Even if it puts a LOT of whistles in a game. You set the threshold for contact and they get to adjust. You shouldn't back off just because you've had a few whistles if you're calling it consistently (there may be other reasons to loosen up or tighten up but the absolute numbers are not one of them).

I can have a game with 10-15 fouls on a team in a half and have a game the next night with only 2-3. In fact, on Monday, the first foul I called on the visiting team was in the 3rd quarter (only 1 by that team in the 1st half) and the other team only had 5 in the first half. And we didn't pass on anything....they just didn't foul. Having fouls to give, both teams came out a lot more aggressively and each got to the double bonus in the 2nd half.

In another recent game, we were at the double bonus for both teams early in the 2nd Q.

Each game is different and some will have a lot of fouls and some will have few.

While some might think and promote that calling few fouls is a desirable goal as an official, that really only makes the game get increasingly rough because it encourages passing on illegal contact.

+1 Great stuff!

Had a tourny game this morning where 4 of the 5 starters had 2 fouls in the 1st half. They didnt adjust & well, lets just say players fouled out today! Passing on perimeter fouls because we feel that we called more than we would like to only opens the door for more egregious fouls... sometimes -errr- most times, it is what it is.

Keep blowing that whistle, unless of course, I have the varsity game after you :-)

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by tref

Keep blowing that whistle, unless of course, I have the varsity game after you :-)

Well...that was the other thing. The varsity game afterwards had two of the chapter officers in it and I think I was afraid of being whistle happy because I knew they were watching also.

The final result was probably not how I would've liked it anyways so my take away is, keep blowing the whistle even if the coaches whine.

Thanks fellas.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Well...that was the other thing. The varsity game afterwards had two of the chapter officers in it and I think I was afraid of being whistle happy because I knew they were watching also.

Did you ask them about your concerns? I would think they would be the best source of feedback for you. Did they say anything to you about the game at all?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Smitty

Did you ask them about your concerns? I would think they would be the best source of feedback for you. Did they say anything to you about the game at all?

No, they didn't. They were ready to hit the floor for the varsity game after so I didn't get any time to pick their brain. I was going to talk to them at the meeting tonight...which was just canceled. I'll send them an e-mail.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Welpe

No, they didn't. They were ready to hit the floor for the varsity game after so I didn't get any time to pick their brain. I was going to talk to them at the meeting tonight...which was just canceled. I'll send them an e-mail.

That's too bad that they didn't have time to talk to you guys. In my previous association, they would put 20 minutes on the clock prior to the varsity game (usually) even if you were running late. That gave everyone time to chat between games. Here in the Dallas area, they will put 8 minutes on the clock for the V game if you're running late, which is just about all the time. You barely have time to say hi to the sub-V guys as you're walking past them into the gym.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Well...that was the other thing. The varsity game afterwards had two of the chapter officers in it and I think I was afraid of being whistle happy because I knew they were watching also.

The final result was probably not how I would've liked it anyways so my take away is, keep blowing the whistle even if the coaches whine.

Thanks fellas.

Sometimes, they are just knuckleheads.