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Ref the defense - then what?
Had a situation during a private school VB contest last night, two-man crew. A1 is driving on a fast break, B2 is ahead of A1 and turns to try and establish LGP. My focus shifts to him because I want to know when/if he establishes.
A1 jumps for a try just below the free throw line extended and plows into B2. Because I was concentrating on B2 I knew he hadn't established LGP before A1 got airborne on the try so I called a block. Here's the question - A1's take off was high in the key. B2 attempted to establish LGP low in the post. There's quite a bit of distance between them so, if I'm refereeing the defense, what can/should you do to be certain of what A1 did, and when, in terms of beginning the habitual shooting motion? I knew/saw in this case that A1 was airborne before B2 got established, but in thinking about it afterward I realized it was more happenstance than conscious thought/awareness and that kind of bugged me. On a related note I'm starting to understand/appreciate the no-charge arcs in the NBA/NCAA. |
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1) If A1 is in the air then, unless he passes off, you can consider him having his started his Act of Shooting. 2) I won't comment on the NBA/WNBA arc but with regards to the NCAA arc, it is bunch of hooey adopted by a group of people who are ingnorant of why the guarding rules were written in the 1950's and those reasons still apply to basketball the way it is played today. MTD, Sr.
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Unfortunately, I was taught to "referee the defense" when first starting out. As you stated in your example, we have to referee the entire play.
See when the defense obtains LGP while picking up the offense players gather, steps, etc.
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Referee the defense does not mean we never watch the offense. In your play if you never watched the defense you probably would have missed or guessed the call on the offense. What that phrase mean is focus more on the defense so you can know what contact is illegal. Since the defender is the judge of that ultimately, watch them more closely. The offense is going to usually move based on what the defense is doing. So if a defensive player is in front of an offensive player, they will have to do something to get around them or there will be a foul.
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I too, up until a few weeks ago, also appreciated the RA. However, RichMSN indicated that there is a whole lot more to it than what you think.
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2. So you're saying the speed, skill, athleticism & the way game is played today still relates to the 50s??
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Does this thread not suggest that "referee the defense" is nothing more than a catch phase, which, like many things, when applied literally can, it itself, cause problems?
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It's interesting, though, how the evolution of officiating goes from ball-watching (beginning), to refereeing the defense (mid-level?), to more situational awareness (higher level?). We talk a lot about seeing the entire play and I'm thinking that the words are important but, without the context of having experienced the deficiencies of each level (as well as being aware of the deficiencies experienced), it's difficult to do. |
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Maybe the catch phrase wasn't so bad after all.
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