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
You have the right to your vertical space. If the defender steps in your space AND makes contact, it is a foul. Generally no contact no foul.
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You need to be precise with your question. The rulebook does not define stepping through. It lays out the rules based on what can be done after you establish your pivot foot. So again, if your left foot has been established as your pivot, then you can step on your right foot and lift your left. You cannot then put down your left or drag your right.
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No, not me. But a fellow referee told me once the visitors thought he was a homer, and people threw pennies on the floor at him.
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Yes travel as you describe it because if you pickup the dribble the first foot down is your pivot unless you do a jump stop (hop on one foot, land on both - neither is the pivot). So assuming no jump stop, your right foot should be the pivot, step on left and lift the right ok, but as soon as the right touches the ground ... Travelling.
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School Bus Driver
Do the kids treat you with the same amount of respect as other authority figures at school?
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Are presidential debates actually "debates", by the traditional definition?
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What's the craziest behind-the-scenes Starbucks story you have?
You should not have a bias, but if you do you should never show it. If I was assigning a game and I thought the ref had a bias, I would not put that ref on the game.
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Yes as long as it is not deemed unsportsmanlike by judgement of the referees.
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Yes. Jump again.
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