Forum: Basketball
Fri Jul 01, 2022, 09:01am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac, 1977) ...
Like a lot of things in basketball officiating, it all comes down to what one's state association, local association, interpreters (clinicians, trainers), and assignment commissioners choose to...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 09:38am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Chutes and Ladders ...
Thank you for your service.
We have an Observation and Mobility Team of about two dozen members. They have all been active on our rule and mechanics training committees, and all are veteran post...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 09:19am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Don't Ask, Don't Tell ...
Even after forty-plus years, when we get to the locker room after a game I always ask my partner, "So did you see anything that could improve my game?".
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 09:15am
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Replies: 88
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Back In the Day ...
This, along with differences between NFHS, NCAA, and NBA rule sets, is the main purpose of my Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules list.
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 05:17pm
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Replies: 88
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Oral Warning ...
For me, if I warn, a big if, it's almost always one oral warning per team, per game, and oral warnings seldom, if ever, go past the first period. I've got a whistle, and I know how to use it.
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 04:14pm
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Replies: 88
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Old Habits Die Hard ...
Hey. I'm one of those old guys, but I (and my interpreter, and my assigner (also old)) subscribe to 10-7-12 as written, while still using 4-27 for almost all other types of fouls, while also knowing...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 05:45pm
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Replies: 88
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Body Bumping ...
Agree.
NFHS Basketball Points of Emphasis - 2017-18
Guarding. The addition of rule 10.7.12, has been successful in its intent to clean up illegal contact on the ballhandler/dribbler and post...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 02:19pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
History ...
2008-09 NFHS Points Of Emphasis
Hand-checking. Defenders are not permitted to have hands on the dribbler or offensive players away from the ball. Hand-checking is not incidental contact; it gives a...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:52pm
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Replies: 88
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First Shot Across The Bow ...
Up until recently, most of our guys only called "touch" handcheck fouls (when there was no obvious advantage gained) when the handchecks were multiple, persistent, and very obvious, often first...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:36pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Big Bucks ...
Agree that incidental contact is still in the rulebook.
Good officials have to adjudicate based on both 4-27 and 10-7-12.
That's why basketball officials get paid the big bucks.
As usual,...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:19pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Judgment ...
Judgment does have a role, but multiple points of emphases and a recent rule language change, have taken away some of that judgment.
A single, momentary "hot stove" touch with one hand? Legal....
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:04pm
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Replies: 88
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Advantage/Disadvantage ...
The situations you described in an earlier post certainly describe advantage/disadvantage situations (player falls, player loses ball, player makes a bad pass, player goes out of bounds, player had...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 04:33pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Timing ...
If one is going to call a hand check "touch" foul, do it early in the game. Don't call your first "touch" foul with a minute to go in the fourth period of a tied game.
Call these...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:43am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Old-Time Religion (1873) ...
This sounds like the long held NFHS philosophy based on advantage and disadvantage. It still exists. Of course, it has to be called. Nobody can argue that.
A player or a team should not be...
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Forum: Basketball
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:55am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Accurate Count ...
While I don't frequently do this, I will do this several times over a season to see if my count is accurate. Always a few times in preseason scrimmages.
If you're in a state where you are not...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 01:43pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Slow Hand (The Pointer Sisters, 1981) ...
Using the shot clock for a ten second count would certainly take care of the issue of "slow counters" and "fast counters", especially in situations with a backcourt inbounds after stopped clock (made...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 10:19am
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Replies: 88
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One Universal Scholastic Ten Second Rule ...
I, for one, believe that it muddies the water to have two different ten second rules, one for scholastic games with a shot clock, and one for scholastic games with no shot clock, especially for those...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 10:08am
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Replies: 88
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Fish Or Cut Bait ...
NFHS shot clock ten second rule says "touch" while NFHS stand-alone ten second rule remains unchanged and still says "possession".
One, or the other, has to be changed.
Or, perhaps the NFHS...
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Forum: Basketball
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 02:58pm
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Replies: 88
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From NFHS ...
2022-23 Basketball Rules Changes
3-5-4d: Allows hair adornments provided they are securely fastened close to the head and do not
present an increased risk to the player, teammates, or opponents....
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 02:28pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Pre-Approval ...
Though not stated, I was referring to those uniform, equipment, and apparel infractions that we can actually and easily see.
To JRutledge's point regarding "hidden" infractions, I fully agree with...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 01:06pm
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Replies: 88
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Non-Eligible Identical Number ???
I would never allow identical numbers in the scorebook, or becoming players, and would penalize with a team technical foul if it was discovered, but I'm unsure about a non-eligible identical number...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 12:51pm
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Replies: 88
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Layup Lines ...
And who's allowed in the pregame layup lines?
Team managers not in uniform?
Team mascot?
Uniformed "players" from the prior, or later, game?
Enquiring minds want to know, especially if...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 12:04pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
Identical Numbers ...
Is this true? What if one never plays but just sits on the bench the entire game?
3-2-2-E: After the 10-minute time limit … a team is charged with a maximum of one technical foul regardless of how...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 11:54am
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Replies: 88
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Equipment ...
Instead of fairy tales, let's get back to the real world.
Illegal uniforms, equipment and apparel may not include safety concerns like earrings. Are earrings even considered equipment?
We...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu May 05, 2022, 11:38am
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Replies: 88
Views: 6,419
One Upon A Time ...
In the fairy tale, the evil step-parents would be suing on behalf of their dim-witted naughty minor child.
Better yet? Let the dim-witted naughty child, who also traded the family cow for magic...
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