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Greg, I'm confused why you think a player who delays the game or dunks in pregame should not be awarded a player technical. It was his/her decision to perform the action. Shouldn't there be a penalty to potentially prevent that player from doing it in the future? A team technical is a slap on the wrist in a time when sportsmanship is disappearing more each year....
Although I understand the rule and it's usage, I still feel it misses things. The underlying thing should be if the defense was put at a disadvantage. If a player runs over the backline, defense runs along, gets to front them, and then the player receives the ball... Where is the disadvantage to the defender? Just like travelling in the backcourt with nobody around, it should do justice to the game, not the rules. I mean, yes, players should not do stupid things, but I hope we as a community are not going to be pedantic about it.
If they want NCAA or NBA Rules raise the darn game fees... You are removing penalties from individuals and assessing the Team... New meaning taking one for The Team... Ridiculous just like NIL no longer a Team Concept... Glad I am 66 and after 24 years ready to hang up my whistle...
Evening Sir. I have a few questions that maybe you could help me with. Is it on all levels of basketball that a team can call timeout immediately after their own made basket? And is it considered a dead ball after a made basket?
@@NapalmNash no. After a scored goal during play, substitutes are not allowed. But if a substitute has properly reported, they are allowed after a final successful free throw.
Creeping into HS is the NBA ridiculousness of taking a practice shot after the whistle when they're obviously not near the beginning of a shot, so i like this ruoll3 change as direct player technical was extremely harsh.
Eh, for play 3, the defender established position, but that is not the issue. He didn't jump straight up. He jumped sideways (and a little back). But that means he doesn't have a legal guarding position. I completely understand the call. The ballhandler would've been able to shoot the gap if the defender jumped straight up.
In play 4---it looks like the shooter walked before the foul--caught the ball with both feet on the floor--then sort of hopped forward left then right--strict interpretation--that's a travel...thoughts?
Basketball is kind of a funky sport. This is coming from a guy who played either organized basketball or pickup basketball for decades. Here's my favorite piece of silliness I see at high-level basketball. The last seconds of a close game when the ball goes out of bounds and the refs go to the scorer's table, look at the replay and then add or on occasion subtract time from the game clock. For this act to be logical, the official timekeeper had to have pushed the clock's off/on button with perfect accuracy through the entire half except for that last sequence. There the timekeeper made a mistake.
As a fiba follower, we rule that basket interference is anything which affects the outcome of the shot (in such a way it prevents scoring) by vibrating backboard/ring. To be decided by the ref. And yes I have seen it happen that a player smacked the board hard it vibrated... But since the layup was over a feet above the square (i.e. a clear miss) I didn't call it. Much to their initial dismay. Afterwards discussed it with the player and he fully agreed that there was no chance of the ball going in... He just tossed it up trying not to get blocked
As a referee officiating in today’s game, I have to tell you - 10-4-5 will make a difference. This has been an INCREASINGLY annoying issue in my games at all levels. Kids are too cool to hand the ball back to the official and if it’s not their possession you can bet money they won’t retrieve that ball either.
Many times I've instructed the player guilty of this slight to go retrieve the ball and issued a warning that if it was done again, a technical would be assessed. Now it's a team warning and subsequent team technical, but there's nothing preventing us from making it direct if the action is done in a disrespectful way.
I think I was especially snarky on this "first take" video. Obviously it would be a little more serious if it was the ultimate training video that will put out.
Awesome as always Greg. Thank you for all you do here. I do have to disagree that the requirement to hand the ball to the official when the whistle sounds is a small thing. It is not because players can't control themselves. This is becoming more and more of a problem. Players will continue to shoot the ball, finish a drive to the basket etc after the whistle. The defense then doesn't stop because they don't want to give the opponent a "free basket" even though the play is dead so inevitably they commit a foul and now it escalates quickly into something that should never have happened. The players need to stop when the whistle sounds and they aren't with increasing frequency. The only punishment under the old rule was a T, no warning. This allows us to give the lesser punishment on the first offense. I actually advocated for this rule so I'm going to take credit if you all dont mind. =)
Pretty wide spectrum of possibilities here. And aggressive kick of the ball at the official is obviously a flagrant technical foul. But if they've got great soccer skills I could imagine a scenario where the ball is gently guided towards the officials hands. A risky Endeavor for the player so much could go wrong
Definitely part of the crew, and definitely can assess technical fouls to head coaches or assistant coaches or whoever should they address the table crew in an unsporting fashion.
I got the biggest kick out of learning the rule that elevates the penalty of a taunting player IF the taunt results in a fight. So if I’m a substitute in the game just to give a first stringer a breather, and I get taunted by the opposing teams star player, I need to think quick and punch him the mouth so both of us get DQ’ed. Net result, my team loses little old me but the other team loses a star. Funny as all hell!😉
Play 5 28:42 I'm with stanwhipple. It was stressed multiple times that the restrictions don't start until the ball leaves the official's hand. How can we have a violation when the official is still holding the ball??
Team control established by the player grabbing the ball going out of bounds, but who is first to touch in the backcourt. If you judge white to be first to touch, it would be a backcourt violation.
