| Forum: Basketball  Wed Feb 06, 2013, 03:46pm | 
	
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				Thanks for your perspective everybody.   
  
I do...
 Thanks for your perspective everybody.
 
 I do chuckle a bit when I watch Royale (our #25 - the one who walks with the ball) just stand there through the whole thing with his palms up questioning...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Feb 06, 2013, 01:04pm | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Feb 06, 2013, 12:22pm | 
	
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				Inadvertent Whistle. Maybe.
 Would love to hear your collective opinions on this:
 
 Confusion on the court (http://www.highschoolcube.com/highlight/confusion-on-the-court-and-eli-42935)
 
 The lead official claims not to have...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Jan 25, 2010, 05:21pm | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Jan 25, 2010, 04:38pm | 
	
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				Ball had clearly been released; there was no...
 Ball had clearly been released; there was no previous DOG warning. Official definitely called a T for touching the ball over the plane (not DOG).
 
 
 
 I honestly don't recall if it was a spot...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Jan 25, 2010, 04:28pm | 
	
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				Question: T on throw-in
 Situation:
 
 Boys JV, NF rules. 4th quarter, tied game (not that it should matter).
 
 A1 is inbounding the ball from his backcourt endline; team B is in full-court press. B1 is shadowing the ball...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Jan 25, 2010, 11:44am | 
	
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				Out on a limb here, but maybe there's some...
 Out on a limb here, but maybe there's some influence from the Non-Basketball Association involved.
 
 Recently, I've seen couple coaches teach a version of the spin move that was clearly illegal....
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	| Forum: Basketball  Thu Jan 21, 2010, 09:37am | 
	
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				Reminds me -   
  
At one school where I was AD...
 Reminds me -
 
 At one school where I was AD and head coach, there was one official who'd send out letters (real paper letters!) every year to solicit ratings....
 
 He shall remain nameless, but...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Tue Dec 22, 2009, 09:26am | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Dec 21, 2009, 03:20pm | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Dec 21, 2009, 03:01pm | 
	
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				I agree. And the OP himself didn't call this...
 I agree. And the OP himself didn't call this incidental contact with the hands. He called it a "handcheck" - which is a foul per the rule book. The OP never suggested that these weren't called...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Dec 21, 2009, 02:39pm | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Dec 21, 2009, 12:33pm | 
	
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				Well, get ready to attack me, I guess...  
  
I...
 Well, get ready to attack me, I guess...
 
 I know how you all hate us coaches sometimes, and we often deserve it. I'm not condoning the coach's reaction in this situation, but please try to...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Thu Dec 17, 2009, 03:15pm | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Thu Dec 17, 2009, 10:21am | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Thu Dec 17, 2009, 10:11am | 
	
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				Back when it was my job, I used to also supply...
 Back when it was my job, I used to also supply copies of "instructions for scorers" and "instructions for timers" in sheet protectors at the table. I had a simplified version of the instructions that...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Thu Dec 17, 2009, 09:52am | 
	
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				Thank you all....  
  
Had a ref tell my JV coach...
 Thank you all....
 
 Had a ref tell my JV coach once (a couple years ago) that you couldn't put half-minutes up (like 3:30) to start a quarter.
 
 Had another JV ref (this year) ask the game manager...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Dec 16, 2009, 03:59pm | 
	
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				Length of non-varsity quarters
 In Illinois high school basketball, all the non-varsity games I've been involved with have had 7 minute quarters. A few questions:
 
 1. Where does this rule come from? I see in the NFHS rules that...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Sat Nov 28, 2009, 11:50am | 
	
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				My dad can beat up your dad
 I thought that too.... It's a special irony that the method of countering unreasonable parent involvement is to send your dad over to talk to them!
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Feb 09, 2009, 09:02am | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Mon Feb 09, 2009, 12:12am | 
	
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				This seems to be true where I am as well -...
 This seems to be true where I am as well - especially in the girls game - especially just outside the 3-pt arc. It's sometimes a hop, sometimes a step without a dribble, and it is most often...
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	| Forum: Hockey  Sun Feb 08, 2009, 11:55pm | 
	
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				Delayed call for bench minor?
 Hockey officials -
 
 I'm a basketball coach and former basketball official, but I have a hockey question. I've downloaded the NHL rule book, but the game I was watching where this came up was a...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Jan 16, 2008, 11:32am | 
	
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Jan 02, 2008, 10:10am | 
	
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				Years ago I was working a grade school game and...
 Years ago I was working a grade school game and had a section of fans giving me a bit of a hard time when I was at their end of the floor. At one point, during a dead ball, I joked (without turning...
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	| Forum: Basketball  Wed Jan 02, 2008, 10:02am | 
	
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				I hate to say this, but the fact that you lost...
 I hate to say this, but the fact that you lost your cool should indicate why he picked on you - it was clear to him (even if it not consciously) that you could be manipulated. Of the two of you, you...
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