Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 26, 2024, 12:49pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 214
Recruitment ...
I can't comment on Virginia (but probably the same), but we have a major shortage of officials, in many sports, here in Connecticut.
In basketball, an official may now often work a freshman,...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 26, 2024, 11:03am
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Replies: 2
Views: 214
Next Generation Of Officials ...
Back when I was in high school, we took three "core" subjects, hunt'in, grunt'in, and cave painting, plus gym.
In gym, the teacher would just toss out some basketballs, volleyballs, or softballs,...
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Forum: Basketball
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 12:02pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 193
Referee Like Everybody's Watching ...
Either Satchel Paige, or Mark Twain, may have said, "Dance like nobody's watching".
In modern day basketball officiating, "Referee like everybody's watching", because everybody is watching, on...
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Forum: Basketball
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 02:10pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,037
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Forum: Basketball
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:38am
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Replies: 6
Views: 486
Umps, Referees Facing Threats ...
Sports Officials Looking For New Law, Penalties To Provide Protection
By The Hartford Courant
For sports referees and umpires in Connecticut, threats and attacks by fans, players and even...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 03:52pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 396
Held Ball ...
All three officials passed on the held ball, probably because the lead's whistle sounded for the holding foul before the shooter returned to the floor.
If no foul had been called, I'm pretty sure...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 11:22am
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Replies: 11
Views: 396
Not Released ...
That's the part that stymied me in this situation.
4-1-1: An airborne shooter is a player who has released the ball on a try for a goal or has tapped the ball and has not returned to the floor.
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 02:29pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 396
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 12:30pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 396
Act Of Shooting ...
So, because the ball does not become dead until the try or tap for field goal ends, or until the airborne shooter returns to the floor, A1 should have been awarded two free throws?
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 09:29am
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Replies: 11
Views: 396
Free Throws ...
A1 jumps to attempt try and is in the act of shooting. B1 also jumps and legally blocks A1's shot such that A1 is unable to release the ball. Gravity takes over as both airborne A1 and airborne B1...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Mar 06, 2024, 11:53am
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Replies: 7
Views: 375
Basketball Rules Fundamental Sixteen ...
If the ball is touched by a player after it lodges and but before an official gets a chance to sound a whistle, does this apply?
Basketball Rules Fundamentals
16. The official’s whistle seldom...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Mar 05, 2024, 02:50pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 375
Falling Into The Basket ???
Does it matter that the lodged ball has absolutely no chance of falling and ending up in the basket, thus no basket interference, offensive or defensive, should be called?
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Mar 04, 2024, 12:44pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,433
Flopping ...
Wow! In my high school games I've either got a player/team control foul, or a defensive foul, or a loose ball foul, or nothing, on almost all of these plays.
If flopping because a rule change, or...
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Mar 04, 2024, 12:33pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 375
On The Basket ...
Semantics. Maybe you're right?
On: Preposition
- used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of
- used as a function word to indicate position...
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Forum: Basketball
Sun Mar 03, 2024, 07:39pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 375
Basket Interference ...
Basket interference.
The brace is part of the basket.
1-10-1: Basket: Each basket must consist of a single metal ring, 18 inches in inside diameter, its flange and braces, and a white-cord...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 01:51pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 295
Held Ball ???
4-25-1: A held ball occurs when: Opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness.
Saw these similar plays twice last night in a state...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 02:52pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Blocked Shot ...
How about a blocked (deflected) shot (no foul) that goes in (similar, but different, than the interpretation)?
Dead ball immediately?
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 01:34pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Continuous Motions ...
Under any circumstance (blocked shot, or foul), will the basket count if the ball ends up in the basket?
Continuous motion or dead ball immediately?
Yes, blocked shots can be deflected and...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:27am
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 04:01pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
What If ???
Just noticed that the interpretation was not a foul, but a blocked shot.
Original situation was a foul, is it handled differently than a blocked shot?
What if the ball had gone in the basket?
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 03:35pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Anything That Sticks ...
Somehow we need to find an excuse to give the offended team at least three free throws.
It can't be just two free throws for one flagrant foul.
So throw the book at him and come up with any...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 03:04pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Always Listen To bob ...
Thanks for going way back to 2005-06 bob jenkins.
We have to come up with some very technical and specific "work around" rule language to fairly take care of the situation.
That's how the FBI...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 02:37pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Interpretation.
For me, this (above) is the most difficult part of any interpretation regarding this situation.
Sure, we could "nit pick" the wording of a flagrant foul (technical, personal, live ball, dead ball,...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 02:18pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 910
Interesting ...
Flagrant foul on offending bench player, who is disqualified.
4-19-4: A flagrant foul may be a personal or technical foul of a violent nature involves, but is not limited to violent contact such...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 16, 2024, 12:20pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,046
Shot Clock ...
Only since the implementation of the new NFHS approved shot clock policy, only a few years ago:
Officials' General Duties: Use the shot clock to administer the 10-second backcourt count. The...
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