Mechanics & RULES Review

  • Mechanic on L switching on foul in backcourt–review the animation of this mechanicwhich can be found on both the TBOA website and the NCHSAA website.
  • Review Rule 2-10Correctable Error Rule

-Note: Robbie Lester has prepared an excellent summary of the correctable error rule. It is posted on the TBOA website and should be reviewed from time to time during the season.

FILM REVIEW NOTES

Film: Jump Balls

Pre-viewing Discussion Items

  • The crew must be entirely focused & ready to officiate as the R prepares to move to the center circle. Don’t think that you can wait until after the jump ball to start focusing.
  • RULES QUESTIONS:

-Just before players come on the floor to start the game, Team A Coach informs an official that he/she is substituting for a starter for disciplinary reasons – ok?

-Just before players come on the floor to start the game, Team B Coach informs an official that he/she is substituting for a starter because of illness or injury – ok? (See Case Book Page 15, 3.2 SITUATION B)

CLIP # 1

  • Discussion Point #1(STOP CLIP BEFORE R APPROACHES THE CENTER CIRCLE):

-The entire crew’s responsibility: make certain that each team has 5 players on the court; that the jumpers are facing in the right direction; that there are 8 mins. on the clock; and that everyone is ready to start play

  • Discussion Point #2(STOP CLIP AS R IS APPROACHING THE CENTER CIRCLE):

-At this point the table informs the crew that one of the players on the court was not designated as a starter. What is the result by rule? At what point does this information become irrelevant? (See Case Book Page 17, 3.2.2 SITUATION F)

  • Discussion Point #3(STOP CLIP JUST AS R IS GETTING READY TO TOSS THE BALL):

-What can the players around the circle do/ not do? When do the restrictions end?

-What can the players off the circle do/not do? When do the restrictions end?

-Are the 2 opposing players on the right of the screen legal? Who is primarily responsible for those 2 players? Who has secondary responsibility?

-Before going from dead ball to live ball the administering official must “sweep the floor” – this principle applies to a jump ball just like any other dead ball/live ball situation.

  • Discussion Point #4(STOP CLIP JUST AFTER BALL LEAVES R’S HAND):

-When does the ball become live?

-Both jumpers jump but miss the ball. Upon returning to the floor & before the ball hits the floor, one of the 2 jumpers touches the ball – is this legal?

-What is the result if one of the jumpers touches the ball before it reaches its highest point?

-What is the result if one of the jumpers catches the ball before the ball hits the floor?

-What is the result if during the jump ball, one of the jumpers touches the ball with 2 hands and then touches it again with one hand?

-What is the result if, after the jump ball is legally touched, a held ball occurs? Can there be a sub for one of the 2 players involved in that held ball?

-POINT TO EMPHASIZE: if a violation occurs during a jump ball, it can never result in a rejump – the violation is penalized.

  • Discussion Point #5(STOP CLIP AFTER BALL IS TOUCHED BY JUMPER):

-Who has primary responsibility for calling back the toss? Who has secondary responsibility?

-After the toss make certain that the clock has started (CLOCK AWARENESS IS VERY IMPORTANT – WE MUST BE AWARE OF THE CLOCK PROPERLY STARTING AND STOPPING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE GAME); and make certain the a/p arrow is pointed in the right direction; make certain the teams are going in the right direction

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  • Discussion Point #4 (RUN CLIP ALL THE WAY THROUGH):

-Movement of U1, U2 and R after the tip

-Had the play gone in the opposite direction, U1 would have gone to the lead position & U2 to the slot

  • CLIP #2
  • Pre-viewing Discussion Items

-Rules establishing the initial a/p arrow

-How a team can lose the a/p arrow

  • Discussion Point #1

-PLAY DISCUSSION: If Black gained possession of the ball and then caused it to go out of bounds, then the officials ruled correctly – i.e., when Black gained possession after the toss, the arrow would be set in the direction of White’s basket.Then White would be awarded a throw-in because Black caused the ball to go out of bounds. On the other hand, if Black never gained possession of the jump ball but simply knocked the ball out of bounds, White would be awarded a throw-in as a result of Black knocking the ball out of bounds &, when the ball is placed at the disposal of the player for White who is throwing the ball in, the initial a/p arrow would be pointed in the direction of Black’s basket.

  • Discussion Point #2

-GAME MANAGEMENT: This jump ball was administered to start an overtime period. If it was considered a “close call” as to whether the player for Black had possession of the ball before causing it to go out of bounds, would it make sense to rule that Black did not have possession; so that White would get the out of bounds throw in and Black would get the first a/p throwin. BE CAREFUL ABOUT TAKING POSSESSIONS AWAY FROM A TEAM, PARTICULARLY IN LATE-GAME SITUATIONS.

-AWARENESS: When U2 signaled out of bounds, he should immediately have looked to the table to make certain that the initial a/p arrow was being set correctly and could have assumed that the table might not be certain about how to set the initial arrow in that situation. He should have seen that the arrow was pointing in the direction of Black’s basket & dealt with that without having to wait for the R to get involved.

  • Discussion Point #3

-COMMUNICATION: Good job of R going to his partner when he realized that there was a question at the table. How the R asked his partner the question is very important. The correct way: “did black ever have possession of the ball before it went out of bounds?” Incorrect way: “is the possession arrow set correctly?”

Film: Screening/Freedom of Movement

Pre-viewing Discussion Items:

(1)Off ball coverage is essential. Strong officiating from the slot position is very important.

(2) Review expanded definition of a foul against ball handler/dribbler: (a) placing 2 hands on a dribbler; (b) placing an extended arm bar on a player; (c) placing and keeping a hand on a player; and (d) contacting a player more than once with the same hand or alternating hands.

Clip #1

-Contact in the open court that everyone can see and everyone believes is a foul. The offensive player’s direction, pace and balance are affected. Call this foul.

  • Clip #2

-Excellent illegal screen called by C official. Even though not a whole lot of contact, the defensive player was clearly displaced and put at a disadvantage

-Calling official is very quick in his mechanics and fails to indicate the spot of the throw in. The lead official is going to put the ball in play at the baseline. The clip does not show it, but the calling official ends up coming back up the court and directs the official to administer the throw in on the sideline above the 14 foot mark. That spot was incorrect. Had the calling official taken his time making the call, he most likely would have gotten the spot correct. There is a big difference between a throw in from the baseline or a spot 16 feet further up the court. The crew needs to come together & make an effort to get this right if there is any doubt.

CLINICIANS: end this session with general review of rules pertaining to legal/illegal screens & principal of verticality

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