Forum: Basketball
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:09am
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Replies: 6
Views: 272
Not Rhetorical Questions ...
These were not rhetorical questions.
Enquiring minds want to know.
Or are all of our many Forum rule experts waiting for clarifications of some poorly explained NFHS press releases?
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 10:36am
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Replies: 6
Views: 272
If You're Happy And You Know It ...
These many new "above the rim" rules (goaltending, basket interference, backboard) make me happy that I'm primarily a middle school official, and that half of my games are girls games.
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 10:32am
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Replies: 6
Views: 272
Intentionally Slapping The Backboard ...
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.sxSj37dARgkLieB4IYWBIAHaDf?pid=Api&P=0&h=180
2025-26 NFHS Basketball Rule Change
10-4-4b: This rule prohibits players from illegally contacting the backboard or...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:06pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Live Ball ...
The ball does not become dead until the try for a field goal ends, so the basket would count (if the ball went in) if the whistle sounded for (old rule) a slapping the backboard technical foul (old...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:57pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Good Angle ...
With the old rule, many (but not all) of our best varsity guys (State tournament level) admitted that they never considered on the way up, or on the way down, on a ball that hit the backboard, it was...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:35pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Off Limits ...
Maybe we need a general statement (if that's the intention of the NFHS) that once the ball hits the backboard on a field goal attempt, it's off limits, on the way up, on the way down, above the ring,...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:17pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Not Totally Impossible ..
Just looked at dozens of internet images of backboards.
It would be very rare, but not totally impossible, for a layup to touch the backboard below the level of the ring and to then be also...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:40am
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Let's Wait And See ...
Good point.
One of my Mom's favorite expressions when we asked for something special was, "Let's wait and see".
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Forum: Basketball
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:41am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,522
Ancient Times ...
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.wGDsMSYz6W46bGOHbZzokwHaFc?pid=Api&P=0&h=180
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:43pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,522
Forecourt, Midcourt ???
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.: You're showing your age.
The NFHS stopped using the terms "forecourt" and "midcourt" way back in the twentieth century.
In fact, we may be some of the few alive to...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:47pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Definition Of Goaltending ...
It did, but there is now one very specific exception (downward flight on a ball that hits the backboard) to the six necessary components in the definition of goaltending.
The definition of...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 04:59pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 201
The Spinners - Rubberband Man (1976) ...
If "Rubber Banding" is the same as "bumping" it was allowed by our Catholic middle school assignment commissioner, who had to deal with games scheduled an hour apart on game nights.
We were also...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:02pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 201
Lazy Is As Lazy Does ...
Agree with JRutledge 100%.
Confusion during "bumping" can lead to the wrong team being charged a timeout, with much greater repercussions possible near the end of the game.
Keep it simple, you...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:41pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
Basket Interference ...
How can the ball the be "above" the cylinder, the cylinder reaches all the way to the ceiling.
A cylinder has a well defined top, bottom, and sides.
Or did you mean to say, "above the basket...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 11:18am
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Replies: 6
Views: 201
Bumping Time Outs ...
It appears that I will have my article "Preliminary Signals – What Happens Next?" published in the next issue of IAABO Sportorials magazine.
Today, I decided to review the past six articles that...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 08:49am
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Replies: 6
Views: 301
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:09pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
The Ralph Sampson Rule ...
Blame Ralph Sampson.
Ralph Sampson’s (Virginia 1979-1983, NBA 1983-1995) controversial basket against Brigham Young in the 1981 NCAA tournament prompted an NCAA rule change. The seven foot, four...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:05pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 301
Financial Burden ...
A proposal was actually submitted to the NFHS in April to require markings on the playing court, but it did not pass. The committee expressed concern about placing an added financial burden on...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:10am
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Replies: 18
Views: 558
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:07am
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Replies: 0
Views: 179
2025-26 NFHS Basketball Points Of Emphasis ...
2025-26 NFHS Basketball Points of Emphasis
Contact on the Ball Handler
Continued emphasis is placed on the consistent enforcement of illegal contact involving the ball handler. While...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 09:30am
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Replies: 6
Views: 345
Bounce The Ball Across The Lane ...
According to T.J. Halliday, IAABO International Director of Learning and Development and a member of the NFHS Rules Committee, the “backcourt endline no defensive pressure bounce the ball across the...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 09:25am
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Replies: 6
Views: 301
Eight Throwin Spots ...
So indeed, it’s now “eight spots” instead of “four spots”.
For the past two seasons, even though I pregamed it before every single game, my partners and I would struggle with the “four spot” rule....
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 09:14am
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Replies: 6
Views: 301
Eight Spots Update ...
Asked and got this reply from T.J. Halliday, IAABO International Director of Learning and Development:
That press releases that the NFHS put out are not always as detailed to capture the entire...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:34am
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Replies: 6
Views: 345
Role Model ...
I pretty much exclusively work only middle school games and quite often work with very young, very inexperienced partners, very often first year officials.
As a veteran official, a past member of...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 12:29pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 345
Geometry ...
Reminds me of Mr. Fiore's ninth grade Geometry class.
Some theorems and postulates contained limiting biconditional language of "if and only if".
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