Vanderbilt vs Tennessee - PC/RA call (Video)

[APG]

The rationale is that they don't want secondary defenders just running to a spot so near to the basket and not try and "play" some type of defense. When I say play, I mean try and make some play on the ball....because the rules allow a player to try and block the shot.

I'm a fan of the RA...and that's coming from a guy that wouldn't benefit from an RA at the HS level.

[Pantherdreams]

Originally Posted by APG

The rationale is that they don't want secondary defenders just running to a spot so near to the basket and not try and "play" some type of defense. When I say play, I mean try and make some play on the ball....because the rules allow a player to try and block the shot.

I'm a fan of the RA...and that's coming from a guy that wouldn't benefit from an RA at the HS level.

It was sold to us when FIBA made is as a safety issue and to increase offense. They wanted offensive players to be willing to try to make athletic plays to the rim without being worried about being undercut or losing landing areas to late defenders.

I guess in theory what they expected to happen was players who couldn't get outside the RA in time would just get out of the way. I have personally seen 0 reduction in collisions in the paint, but that may simply be because other then University or elite level club ball they don't use it here. So often kids aren't familiar enough eith it to apply it properly anyway.