Player Raising His/Her Hand When They Commit a Foul

[APG]

Yes, it was a rule...good and well before my time. I believe it was a technical foul if a player did not raise their hand in a timely matter.

Honestly, I have to wonder what in the hell the rules makers were thinking with that one.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Yes, it was a rule...good and well before my time. I believe it was a technical foul if a player did not raise their hand in a timely matter.

Honestly, I have to wonder what in the hell the rules makers were thinking with that one.

I do remember when players did that and honestly it seemed to squelch any complaining. Maybe that was not the case as the rule went away, but players did seem to accept an official's call more than they do now.

Peace

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Honestly, I have to wonder what in the hell the rules makers were thinking with that one.

Did the officials report the fouls, too, back then?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Did the officials report the fouls, too, back then?

Yes. The raised hand was supposed to assist the scorekeeper with confirmation of who committed the foul.

Furthermore, as an indication of how things changed since then, there was a lot more "Yep, I did it" kinda attitude common with players back then. Hardly ever did we have to tell a player to raise his/her hand. When the birddog nailed them, they most normally fessed up, the hand was raised and lowered, the foul was reported, and life went on.
Usually followed soon by a jump ball.

[just another ref]

And when it was a rule, and even afterward, the wrong player often raised his hand intentionally to try to take a foul from another player. It still happens occasionally.

[Maineac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

And when it was a rule, and even afterward, the wrong player often raised his hand intentionally to try to take a foul from another player. It still happens occasionally.

Yep, have had that tried in a couple of my games as well. Attention to detail while reporting is a good thing (official scorer, that is).

[Rich]

It was a dumb practice, IMO. As was the bird-dog. As was, without a doubt, the requirement of the trail official to initiate a rotation across the court in order to put the officials "in the Cadillac."

Some things change for good reasons.

OTOH, I still think the trail going tableside on a foul in 2-person is awful. I think the person counting, chopping, etc. should be opposite. Nobody asked me, though.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

It was a dumb practice, IMO. As was the bird-dog.
Some things change for good reasons.

Well in most mechanics that are written, bird dogging has not gone away. And it still has its place if you ask me.

Peace

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Maineac

Yep, have had that tried in a couple of my games as well.

Really? Seldom does anyone raise their hand that I've seen around here, let alone the wrong player.

Just the same, would any decent scorekeeper pay attention to a raised arm instead of the reporting official?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Really? Seldom does anyone raise their hand that I've seen around here, let alone the wrong player.

Just the same, would any decent scorekeeper pay attention to a raised arm instead of the reporting official?

I'm not talking about confusing the scorekeeper. In a crowd, are you always 100% sure who committed the foul?

[Sco53]

I see more hands up showing " I didn't foul" than ones showing they did

[Maineac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Really? Seldom does anyone raise their hand that I've seen around here, let alone the wrong player.

Just the same, would any decent scorekeeper pay attention to a raised arm instead of the reporting official?

Yep, really. Believe it or not, some coaches actually encourage the behavior on the off chance it might possibly get a foul pulled away from one of their better players. Scandalous.

Didn't say it happened often; just that it has happened before.

[stiffler3492]

In more modern times, I've had players try to take the fall for their teammates by raising their hand, thinking I'll give the foul to them instead of their star big man.

Don't fall for that!