Rndballref
20 Years Experience
Chicago, IL
Male, 60
For twenty years I officiated high school, AAU and park district basketball games, retiring recently. For a few officiating is the focus of their occupation, while for most working as an umpire or basketball referee is an avocation. I started ref'ing to earn beer money during college, but it became a great way to stay connected to the best sports game in the universe. As a spinoff, I wrote a sports-thriller novel loosely based on my referee experiences titled, Advantage Disadvantage
Ok, so first a player is in the act of shooting from the time they start the habitual act and motion of a shot to its completion (i.e.. lifting the ball with an arm movement on a layup, raising your forearm while the ball is in your palm to start a shot, etc. to full release AND followthrough, regardless of being on the floor or in the air.
Next, there is a special definition of an "airborne shooter". This is a shooter who has begun OR ended the habitual motion of a shot while in the air. Once the airborne shooter's feet touches the floor, he is no longer in the act of shooting. So an airborne shooter is afforded a shooting foul if he is fouled after release until he hits the floor. If fouled after release of the ball and after the shooter touches the floor, it is a non-shooting foul.
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It is a judgement call. If hitting the ball, alters the shooters arm trajectory yhen no foul. But if the defender swipes wildly and would have hit the shooter anyway, then possibly a foul.
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If, while blocking the shot, the offense and defense are pushing the ball in opposite directions then it is a held (jump) ball.
However, if the defender blocks the ball out of the hands of the shooter and the shooter recovers, the shooter lost ball control (you cannot travel without ball control) and then regains ball control and lands - no traveling.
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Once a violation, always a violation. The referee should hold a fist straight out indicating a delayed violation. If the free throw does not go in, it is shot again.
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Yes, as long as you dont carry the ball. You cannot travel in the middle of a legit dribble sequence.
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I am going to allow the other team a movement toward the basket, but as soon as they reverse or dump out i stop the play, UNLESS the downed player is in immediate danger.
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This is one of the 5 correctable errors in the rule book when recognized before the next dead ball, but the remedy is to correct the error on the free throw, but lt keeps the subsequent results. If A2 would have made the free throw it could have been reversed, but in this case no free throw needs to be taken down and subsequent results stand. A3s basket counts. Ball gies to B.
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