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Interpreter - Here's a question that I have found has two distinctly different answers, depending on who you ask in our chapter. Three-man mechanic: When reporting a foul that takes the action to the other end of the floor ... Everyone knows that when the lead calls a foul (be it team control or a foul on a rebound, etc.) there is no long switch. The lead reports the foul and then goes back to his place to administer the throw-in, essentially becoming the new trail. What I've found to be the subject of great controversy is what happens when the C or T make the call, OPPOSITE the table. Do they report and go back to their original spot, or do they report and stay table side, switching with the T or the C that was table side? About half of the officials I work with believe you switch on this. The other half say no. I've heard "the only time you don't switch is on long switches" and I've also heard "you treat every foul that takes the action to the opposite end like a violation -- in other words, you just bump and go."

NFHS Manual p 71-73.
"There is no switch under the following circumstance:
A foul in the backcourt going to the frontcourt with no free throw.
This is treated as a violation in the backcourt.
A "bump and run" may be necessary."
Examples might include
Lead tableside calls foul. Reports foul. Comes back and puts ball in play on endline tableside as new trail.
Lead (closed down) calls foul on oposite block, C-side. Lead reports foul. Returns to endline (nearest spot of foul). Becomes new trail and bumps old C to new lead position.
C calls foul - foul line extended. C reports foul. Returns to his/her sideline and becomes the new Lead. Old lead will become new Trail and administer the throw-in on the sideline nearest the spot of the foul.
Trail calls foul near the table. Trail turns and reports. Turns and runs to new Lead position. Old lead comes up the sideline to administer the throw-in as the new Trail.

 

Interpreter - Scenario: B-1 rebounds and controls the ball under team A's basket with several of team A's players around him and some reaching for the ball. B-1 then aggressively swings his elbows around and hits a player from team A on the face with his elbow in a fairly hard manner. How should this be called and what are the penalty and procedure? I searched the rule book but did not seem to find a solid answer.

Great question. First I would have to take a good look at the defenders to see if their 'reaching' for the ball leads to a foul on their part. A whistle here usually prevents the elbow issue. Let's say that there is no contact by the defense. If the player swings the elbows and hits the player, it is at minimum an intentional personal foul. It stopped being a player control foul when the ball handler aggressively swung his/her elbows. Team B's fouled player would get two shots and the ball would be put in play at the spot nearest the foul. If contact is severe or with malice, a flagrant personal foul should be called. A1 would be ejected from the game. After a substitution is made for the ejected player A1, the fouled B player would shoot 2 shots and his team would get the ball for a throw-in at the spot nearest the foul. So to review pivot and contact = player control. swing and contact = intentioal personal swing and malicious or extreme contact = flagrant personal


Interpreter - If a player has control of the ball and he is on his knees is he allowed to stand up? If so, are there any limitations as to how he can stand up?

No. The only way the player can get up with the ball is to start a dribble before he/she lifts the knee. A player can neither take a knee nor get up without dribbling. Check the case book near the end of rule 4.

Interpreter - Have we gotten a ruling from PIAA yet on the use of I-PADS on the bench. They have camera capability even though the few times I have seen them in games it seems that they are using them for stat tracking. In an early meeting Craig you indicated you would get clarification.

This comes out of the most recent PIAA bulletin: ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Rule 10-1-3 states that any mechanical device or any electronic transmission device at courtside for coaching purposes is illegal. There is a statement in there concerning statistics, however, which makes iPads (computers) legal as long as they are used for that purpose. We, as officials cannot monitor a device to determine that it is only being used for a single purpose. We are going to assume that coaches will adhere to that specific use if they have an iPad in the coaching area. If it is brought to our attention that it is not being used for that purpose only, then a team technical may be enforced.

Interpreter - The ball is going out of bounds and a player dives and successfully saves the ball before it touches out of bounds. HE, bounces off the wall and gets back in bounds to recover the ball before anyone else touches the ball... I know he can't do that but is there a signal for indicating the violation?

Good question. This is not a violation. If your momentum carries you out of bounds, rather than your intentionally running out of bounds, the player may come back in bounds and recover the ball.

Treasurer - Is there a list of the prize winners from our December raffle?

Click here to view the winners of the CPBOA raffle for the 2011/2012 season.