Throught the year I continuously saw defenders step back into the jump shooters as to block out before the shooter ever came back to the floor. Everyone really knew it was not as much an attempt to block out as it was to distract the shooter. The big problem is the shooter is going to seriously hurt an ankle or knee or something, possibly ruining their career and their teams year! This was probably not called 10% of the time. A lot of times it was only called if the shooter missed the shot,and that is not the point! The point is it needs to be stopped before a serious injury occurs ! Why is this not called & do you think this should be looked at more closely next year?

Throught the year I continuously saw defenders step back into the jump shooters as to block out before the shooter ever came back to the floor. Everyone really knew it was not as much an attempt to block out as it was to distract the shooter. The big problem is the shooter is going to seriously hurt an ankle or knee or something, possibly ruining their career and their teams year! This was probably not called 10% of the time. A lot of times it was only called if the shooter missed the shot,and that is not the point! The point is it needs to be stopped before a serious injury occurs ! Why is this not called & do you think this should be looked at more closely next year?

Not a Ref. but from what I've seen the last few years, some of the refs. think they are in the NBA. Maybe they are being paid too much. The game needs to be cleaned up but we have the KHSAA so don't worry about that happening.

I didn't see it as muchh as you did. I did see it called though.

 

I also saw more "flops" than actual fouls.

I didn't see it as muchh as you did. I did see it called though.

 

I also saw more "flops" than actual fouls.

 

Isn't a flop, or fake charge, suppose to be a tecnical foul on the defender? You never see that called.

Isn't a flop, or fake charge, suppose to be a tecnical foul on the defender? You never see that called.

 

It should never be called.

I continuously saw defenders step back into the jump shooters as to block out before the shooter ever came back to the floor.

 

That is exactly what happened in the 1999 Sweet 16 semi-final. A Paducah Tilghman defender backed under Scott Hundley. In that case the official got the call correct. The game tape showed it. However, most of the casual fans in attendance thought it was a horrible call. This call is still talked about today.

I saw it happen way to many time's!! If you back into the shooter just as he is releasing the ball, and most of the time that is when it happen's, it should be a foul. Not only that every time I saw it, the shooter fell due to the contact putting him off balance!!

I had several refs over the course of the season call that a foul. I think it is something that has been addressed. Now they need to address the flop!!!

Trust me I believe the foul occurs way more often than the flop. What I am so concerned about is the shooter getting an ankle broken or a knee torn up & his year is over! if this is not made a point of emphasis & coaches advised the refs are going to call it then a kid is going to be hurt bad!

A lot of the time this happens there is only a 2 man crew on the game, because schools don't want to pay that extra $25 or so for the 3rd official. And until the KHSAA makes it mandatory to have 3 officials every game it's hard for 2 man crews to see everything...they can't stay with the shooter and see the big guys underneath beating and banging for position on the rebound or vice-versa, it's hard to see everything, but I did see a lot of fouls called on this type of play. Maybe just not as many in your region, but a lot of it has to do with the type of officials you have.

And about the comment of "MAYBE THEY ARE PAID TO MUCH", that is a joke. MOST officials work very hard at what they do, and can only satisfy 50% of the fans every night, they take tongue lashings before, during and after the games and have to put up with attitudes from coaches, players and parents. Officials get way less than they deserve. If you don't think so, go out and try it, it's really not as easy as most of you think it is! Trust me, I put on the whistle a couple of times before I decided to get on the other side of the fence and start yelling at them. HaHa!

It should never be called.

Then why is it in the rule book?

 

The only time I have ever seen it called was when our high school was playing at Jackson City in 1982 and we had a guard "flop" and an official called a T on him. I've never seen it called since.