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I had a weird block/charge today where the dribbler faked right and went left. The defender maintained LGP and the contact happened with the dribbler 's right leg on the defenders left leg. The defender ended up shooting straight back and the offensive player kinda faded away to the left. To everyone in the world (and the coach who blew up) it looked like a block but all I saw was a legal defender and displacement. The contact doesn't have to occur right in the middle of the chest to have a charge, and this contact was nearly on the side of the body. |
I, too, think you should have a call on train wrecks. In the OP the player hit the floor hard. Calling stuff like this may prevent future injuries or other nonsense. If you don't call the PC, the kid that was on the floor may think it is OK to try the same thing, or you get jawing, or other retaliation.
If the game video is sent to the State, assignor, whoever... What is easier to defend? Calling a foul that is a foul by rule? Or giving hollow platitudes? If a defender flops, that defender almost always interferes with a play by going to the floor with some sort of contact (could even be minor). If they trip, cause any contact at all... Call a block on a flopping player and I guarantee they will only flop 5 times during the game. |
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After the game, I asked my partner about it, and sure enough, the defender was moving toward the offensive player at the time of the wreck, so I blew the call. Despite this situation, I will still make educated guesses if I have train wrecks. With a whistle, you, at least, have only half the gym against you, and you're letting the players know that they can't willy-nilly bang into each other just for the hell of it, putting their own safety at risk. |
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