Double Foul (video)

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Not sure why anyone would think that calling a DF here is a "cop-out"...black 42 (in lovely headgear) displaces and stiff arms white 23 at the same time that white 23 is holding (clamping both arms around the arm of 41)...that would be the very definition of a DF. There was no "first foul" to get on this play.

The thing to look at here - and which has been preached during my camps so far - is why did W23 clamp down on B42. Did W23 clamp in response to an illegal act by B42? I would say yes. Right as the throw-in begins, B42 hooks/clamps W23's right arm and that starts the back-and-forth process.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

The thing to look at here - and which has been preached during my camps so far - is why did W23 clamp down on B42. Did W23 clamp in response to an illegal act by B42? I would say yes. Right as the throw-in begins, B42 hooks/clamps W23's right arm and that starts the back-and-forth process.

Not seeing that. I do see 42 dip under 21's arm, but I don't see a hook/clamp from 42.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Cop-out implies a lack of intestinal fortitude. I look at it more as not seeing the whole play. I'd rather have a partner call a double foul, instead of letting the 2 players continue to pound on each other.

Sure... if you don't get the first foul, at least call something so things don't progress into something more serious. But use that situation as a learning experience.