Tracking down a wayward ball

deecee

dkmz17 wrote
Can you provide a rule cite requiring the player to get the ball? Are you just going to pick someone out at random? Why isn't it the official's responsibility to get the ball? Is this just a "because I said so" situation?

Go track down the ball -- turn your back -- let something happen that your partner missed because sometimes covering 10 players isnt that easy.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

deecee wrote
Go track down the ball -- turn your back -- let something happen that your partner missed because sometimes covering 10 players isnt that easy.

AMEN!! For Brother DeeCee.

MTD, Sr.

Rita C

mick wrote
Somewhere in one of the books, the referee talks to game administration (or table) about ball chasers. I couldn't find it.
If I recall correctly, there is no penalty.

It in the officials manual. I just read it this morning. Section 3.1 Pregame. It's one of the umpires' duties.

Rita

Rita C

dkmz17 wrote
Can you provide a rule cite requiring the player to get the ball? Are you just going to pick someone out at random? Why isn't it the official's responsibility to get the ball? Is this just a "because I said so" situation?

It's covered as one of the umpires' duties in the officials manual. Section 3.1 It is the umpires' duty to "Determine whether ball runners are available to retrieve the ball at each end if the court has wide out-of-bounds areas or is on a raised stage or similar platform."

Rita

mick

Rita C wrote
It in the officials manual. I just read it this morning. Section 3.1 Pregame. It's one of the umpires' duties.

Rita

Thanks, Rita. Glad you came along.

Rita C

mick wrote
Thanks, Rita. Glad you came along.

I will edit my post for clarity. It is the umpires' duty to "Determine whether ball runnrs are available to retrieve the ball at each end if the court has wide out-of-bounds areas or is on a raised stage or similar platform."

Rita

Raymond

blindzebra wrote
Our job is observing the players during a dead ball, not retrieving a ball.

Now if you stand there chest puffed out, gut sucked in, biceps flexed, holding your whistle in you hand while you wait for a player to get it...then yeah it's the same category.

Good posture = cocky ref 😕

Or good posture & no lanyard = cocky ref 😕

blindzebra

BadNewsRef wrote
Good posture = cocky ref 😕

Or good posture & no lanyard = cocky ref :confused:

There's a difference between good posture and looking like you are about to clap and say, " I'm here to pump you up!"

One is about being alert and professional the other about drawing attention to yourself.

Mark Dexter

blindzebra wrote
There's a difference between good posture and looking like you are about to clap and say, " I'm here to pump you up!"

You've obviously never seen my partner and me ref.

Now everyone stop being such flabulous girlie-men!

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