Official Ruling on stopping play for injury?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Unless blood is gushing form his/her body or something else entirely obvious, not much is going to happen in the 3-5 seconds it takes for the fast break to occur. I will not stop the game for an injury immediately if the other team has a clear scoring opportunity unless the injured player is directly in harms way.

+1. And, especially at lower levels, let the coach / trainer start out to the player even if play is going on at the other end.

Sometimes (often?) just having the official acknowledge that s/he saw the inured player (a point, a long look, staying back on the play) is enough to calm the waters.

[mbyron]

An esteemed former member posted a page listing when and how to stop the game for emergencies. I can't find it any longer, but I used to link to it when this question came up.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by mbyron

An esteemed former member posted a page listing when and how to stop the game for emergencies. I can't find it any longer, but I used to link to it when this question came up.

I did a quick search on "player injuries" and came up with this. Is this what you were thinking of?

Player Injury

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I did a quick search on "player injuries" and came up with this. Is this what you were thinking of?

Player Injury

Yes, specifically Chuck's post: Player Injury

Thanks!

[Tebo2526]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

+1. And, especially at lower levels, let the coach / trainer start out to the player even if play is going on at the other end.

Sometimes (often?) just having the official acknowledge that s/he saw the inured player (a point, a long look, staying back on the play) is enough to calm the waters.

Thanks for all the replies. This was in a Boy's Varsity High school game, 4th quarter, score tied late, so you can imagine the outrage as I'm sure most of you have had to deal with from all of us dad's who obviously know the rules better than yourselves....

This is a great place to find a lot of answers to situations that come up from time to time. I will be back I'm sure, please bear with me! Thanks again for the help.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

+1. And, especially at lower levels, let the coach / trainer start out to the player even if play is going on at the other end.

Sometimes (often?) just having the official acknowledge that s/he saw the inured player (a point, a long look, staying back on the play) is enough to calm the waters.

Sound advice there. If the player is down, the closest ref staying with the injured player, if possible, is good advice. Then, kill the play as soon as the opportunity presents itself.