No Good T Stories?

[jTheUmp]

Whacked a player an 8th grade game last night.

During a dead ball for an OOB violation, he stuck his foot out to trip an opponent who was walking past him to line up for the throw-in.

Blatantly obvious. Idiot.

Easy T.

[Adam]

Did you consider a flagrant?

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Adam

Did you consider a flagrant?

Had the trippee fallen, I definitely would've. But the trippee saw it coming in enough time limit the damage to nothing more than a brief stumble.

I am a first year official. I gave my first T early in December. I was the trail, opposite the table. Player A1 had the ball, dribbling down the sideline. He was guarded by B1. Player A2 sets a screen which B1 does not expect. B1 hits the screen hard, but not a foul. B1 is upset about the screen and as A2 begins to move away from where he set the screen, B1 tries to "scissor-kick" him! B1 kind of hopped in the air off one foot and tried to stomp A2 with the other. B1 totally wiffs, but I see it and call an unsporting tech. It was a weird situation because I have never seen a scissor-kick-stomp combo, plus the kick-stomp missed.

Was this the right call? If he made contact with the kick, should I have called a flagrant tech?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

I am a first year official. I gave my first T early in December. I was the trail, opposite the table. Player A1 had the ball, dribbling down the sideline. He was guarded by B1. Player A2 sets a screen which B1 does not expect. B1 hits the screen hard, but not a foul. B1 is upset about the screen and as A2 begins to move away from where he set the screen, B1 tries to "scissor-kick" him! B1 kind of hopped in the air off one foot and tried to stomp A2 with the other. B1 totally wiffs, but I see it and call an unsporting tech. It was a weird situation because I have never seen a scissor-kick-stomp combo, plus the kick-stomp missed.

Was this the right call? If he made contact with the kick, should I have called a flagrant tech?

By rule, you should have called a flagrant technical on B1 for fighting. Whether he contacts or not is irrelevant. He tried. Good enough.

[egj13]

During a tournament last weekend I stopped by one of the other courts to watch a game. One of our older officials is working the game (61, just had knee surgery) and he is trail...really trail! He is at the 28 foot mark of the backcourt. So this girl drives to the basket, gets hit and no one calls it...coach walks onto the court to get on the trails ***, and the old guy blows his whistle, puts his hand in the face of the coach, looks at the other coach and says "give me a shooter"...never even signaled "T"..it was hilarious!