Basketball Referee

Basketball Referee

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

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Last Answer on September 20, 2019

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So if you are dribbling at the paint like your also posting someone up. And you grab the ball to spin around them with your hands on the ball and your elbows out to the side, plus your reaching your leg around them to spin around them. Is that a foul

Asked by Jordan v almost 7 years ago

As an offensive player, you are entitled to only your vertical space. If your elbows are outside your body's vertical space then any contact is a player control foul.

426 Votes

Does "hand on the ball is part of the ball" rule apply in FIBA as well as NBA?
I wasn't able to find any authentic source mentioning it in FIBA.

Asked by Afshin about 7 years ago

I dont know about fiba but in nfhs thst is true.

426 Votes

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.

425 Votes

. My Question: Can I throw my feet/legs over the basketball while I am dribbling? 2+2+2 The Professor https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=The+professor+2%2B2%2B2&spf=1496056660209

Asked by Doug over 7 years ago

Yes, as long as you dont carry the ball. You cannot travel in the middle of a legit dribble sequence.

424 Votes

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Is it illegal for a defensive player to purposely start blowing in the offensive players face? I assume this would fall under an unsportsmanlike conduct foul, but not sure.

Asked by Alan about 7 years ago

This is a new one for me! Yes, I would call it unsportsmanlike.

423 Votes

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 over 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.

422 Votes

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.

422 Votes

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