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
In NFHS rules a referee should stop the game immediately for an injured player in imminent danger or the loss of contacts or glasses. Otherwise, the offense is allowed to complete their play, and then the ref can stop the game.
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Administer the jump ball again. If it occurs again, issue a warning to each player, and if it happens again issue a double technical. I have never seen that.
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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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Yes as long as it is not deemed unsportsmanlike by judgement of the referees.
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There is no provision for last substitution, but preventive officiating would slow down when a sub is called in to allow the other team to counter. Remember, once in, a sub cannot come out until after the ball is live and the clock is started.
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An important concept much misunderstood is that a defender is allowed to be moving as long as he is entitled to the space where contact is made. So, it is not a question of dipping a shoulder or even who initiates contact - it matters most which player is entitled to that spot.
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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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