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Last Answer on September 20, 2019

Last question was about specific situation : shooter made a shot from FT line. I was in between him and a basket tried to block a shot and touched the ball slightly to change a trajectory of it and after that touched a wrist. Would you call foul ?

Asked by andrewd almost 7 years ago

As you descibe it, no I would not call it a foul because if you did not hit the wrist the result would be the same...blocked shot.

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If a player has given up his dribble, but has dropped the ball, can he pick it up and pass it?

Asked by TJ almost 7 years ago

Yes, if it is deemed unintentional. In the rulebook.it is called a muff.

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is it legal for a Referee per fiba ball rules to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet game of a couple of players numbers are ineligible to read on the scoresheet?

Asked by is it legal for a Referee to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet if there was aerror on the scoresheet where the nos looked messy an a bit ineligabke to read over 7 years ago

Sorry, I am no expert on Fiba rules.

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If I am in the Triple Threat position and have not dribbled when faking my shot can I go up on the balls of my feet? I read that you cannot fake a shot going up on the balls of your feet even though I have not jumped for the shot.

Asked by Doug over 7 years ago

Yes, as long as you keep your pivot foot in place, or if you have no pivot foot, you keep both feet down. Not sure why you would do this, even if it is legal.

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If contact occurs that would be a foul if the ball were live occurs immediately after the clock expires at the end of a quarter, is it a foul?

Asked by Jim about 7 years ago

If time has expired and the ball is dead, a personal foul is ignored unless flagrant. If flagrant, it is enforced at the start of the next quarter, unless the game has ended.

409 Votes

The ball is being inbounded in a high school game. The inbound pass is tipped and goes out of bounds and the official fails to start the clock with his signal. This results in no time off the clock.How much time, if any, should be taken off the clock

Asked by Sonny Harmon about 7 years ago

It depends. Did the tipped ball stay in bounds before exiting or did it got directly out of bounds?

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Official erroneously says "2 shots" for A2 when it should be only one. No one moves except A3, who rebounds and scores. Then officials recognize mistake. Ruling?

Asked by scouttracker6 almost 7 years ago

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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Last question was about specific situation : shooter made a shot from FT line. I was in between him and a basket tried to block a shot and touched the ball slightly to change a trajectory of it and after that touched a wrist. Would you call foul ?

If a player has given up his dribble, but has dropped the ball, can he pick it up and pass it?

is it legal for a Referee per fiba ball rules to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet game of a couple of players numbers are ineligible to read on the scoresheet?

If I am in the Triple Threat position and have not dribbled when faking my shot can I go up on the balls of my feet? I read that you cannot fake a shot going up on the balls of your feet even though I have not jumped for the shot.

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If contact occurs that would be a foul if the ball were live occurs immediately after the clock expires at the end of a quarter, is it a foul?

The ball is being inbounded in a high school game. The inbound pass is tipped and goes out of bounds and the official fails to start the clock with his signal. This results in no time off the clock.How much time, if any, should be taken off the clock

Official erroneously says "2 shots" for A2 when it should be only one. No one moves except A3, who rebounds and scores. Then officials recognize mistake. Ruling?

Basketball Referee

Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

Last question was about specific situation : shooter made a shot from FT line. I was in between him and a basket tried to block a shot and touched the ball slightly to change a trajectory of it and after that touched a wrist. Would you call foul ?

If a player has given up his dribble, but has dropped the ball, can he pick it up and pass it?

is it legal for a Referee per fiba ball rules to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet game of a couple of players numbers are ineligible to read on the scoresheet?

If I am in the Triple Threat position and have not dribbled when faking my shot can I go up on the balls of my feet? I read that you cannot fake a shot going up on the balls of your feet even though I have not jumped for the shot.

Also on Jobstr...

If contact occurs that would be a foul if the ball were live occurs immediately after the clock expires at the end of a quarter, is it a foul?

The ball is being inbounded in a high school game. The inbound pass is tipped and goes out of bounds and the official fails to start the clock with his signal. This results in no time off the clock.How much time, if any, should be taken off the clock

Official erroneously says "2 shots" for A2 when it should be only one. No one moves except A3, who rebounds and scores. Then officials recognize mistake. Ruling?

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