Basketball Referee

Regarding the regular jumpshot, if a defender goes for block, touches the ball first and then contacts the arm of a shooter in a follow through is it considered a foul ?

Asked by andrewd over 8 years ago

It is a judgement call. If hitting the ball, alters the shooters arm trajectory yhen no foul. But if the defender swipes wildly and would have hit the shooter anyway, then possibly a foul.

When refereeing a basketball game- a player goes down and is not moving- how long until you blow the whistle to stop play? And said player is 10 feet or less from your feet.

Asked by Catsfan77 over 8 years ago

I am going to allow the other team a movement toward the basket, but as soon as they reverse or dump out i stop the play, UNLESS the downed player is in immediate danger.

wow....you are not allowed to put a hand in an opponent's face but you are allowed to fake a pass into their face!!! that needs to be looked at by the rules committee..thanks for your answer

Asked by midd44 over 8 years ago

You are welcome!

It is a player technical foul to

Asked by NARDSR over 7 years ago

I'm watching a close game and the trailing team starts to foul the winning team. My question is why do the players wait until the ball is in the court to foul? Is it not possible to foul, say, the inbounder before he passes the ball in?

Asked by BearGryllz5 over 8 years ago

If the ball is dead there is no common foul. The ball is live when it is,at gge disposal of tge throw in player. I think teams wait so it looks less intentional.

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 over 8 years ago

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

If a game can’t be finished because of power failure and there is time on the clock, what is the rule?

Asked by Nick over 8 years ago

I believe state rules and bylaws differ on this. Some states allow protests and replays, some do not.