PAC10 Supervisor Discusses BYU-WA Call

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I've reffed some basketball games where a ball could never reach 25 feet into the air. I'm not sure the court I played on as a kid didn't have rafters sitting below that mark.

Come to think of it, the small gymnasium attached to St. Mary's church in my hometown had a low ceiling.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

For accuracy's sake, science tells us that the ball went about 25 feet into the air.

In other words, it wouldn't have hit the ceiling in an indoor basketball gymnasium.

No it doesn't.


I'm the one who posted the physics info. My range of heights was based on a estimate of the time in the air:

2 seconds -> 16 feet
3 seconds -> 36 feet
4 seconds -> 64 feet

If someone wants to pull out a stopwatch, we could tell for sure but most esitmates put it between 3 and 4 seconds. So, I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that science puts it closer to 40 feet.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

No it doesn't.


I'm the one who posted the physics info. My range of heights was based on a estimate of the time in the air:

2 seconds -> 16 feet
3 seconds -> 36 feet
4 seconds -> 64 feet

If someone wants to pull out a stopwatch, we could tell for sure but most esitmates put it between 3 and 4 seconds. So, I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that science puts it closer to 40 feet.

I read somewhere that is was 2.36 seconds. (Or thereabouts - I don't recall the exact digits after the decimal point. Even if it was 2.5s, it is 25 feet.)

From what I recall, that figure was posted by someone who has a history of quality posts, so I accepted their determination of ~ 2.5s.

What does your stopwatch say about the length of time that the ball was in the air?

[JugglingReferee]

I found the video and timed it myself. It sure looks like 2.5s is an accurate duration for the ball being airborne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbgOF71ORiw shows how 2.36s is the airborne duration of the ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjgUKP3Uhc

[TXMike]

Is that a full speed video or a slowed down version? I never could find a full speed version trhat showed the whole toss

[JRutledge]

It looks full speed to me (other than when they clearly slow down the play).

Peace

[OverAndBack]

Next up: an analysis of the Zapruder Film.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I found the video and timed it myself. It sure looks like 2.5s is an accurate duration for the ball being airborne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbgOF71ORiw shows how 2.36s is the airborne duration of the ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjgUKP3Uhc

Very well. 25 feet it is.

[trocared]

Originally Posted by TXMike

Do you know who actually flagged?

if you get a good look at the entire play, one could surmise that the official on the grassy knoll was actually the one who threw the hankie.
cheers,
tro