Inter-Athletic Council of Officials

1. Inter-Athletic Council of Officials New Official’s Basketball Class Module 12 Foul Calling

2. Foul Calling • At the completion of this Module the student should: • Understand what is the different types of fouls are • Understand the difference between player and team control fouls • Know what a the implications of a double foul • Know where the foul calling area is located

3. Key Terms • Airborne Shooter • Contact • Incidental Contact • Verticality • Blocking • Charging • Hand Check • Holding • Illegal Use of Hands • Player-Control • Team Control Foul • Pushing • Screening • Intentional Foul • Flagrant Foul • Shooting Foul • Fighting

4. Foul Reporting Mechanics

5. Foul Reporting Procedure • Call the Foul • Give foul called signal • Give Preliminary Signal (Required) • Example: • Hold • Push • Hand-checking • Illegal Use of Hand • Player-Control Foul • Team Control Foul

6. Foul Reporting Procedure • Inform Partners of situation • Out of bounds spot • Shooting Fouls • Bonus • Free throw shooter (if necessary) • Hustle to the reporting area • Completely stop when you get there • No walking and talking

7. Foul Reporting Procedure • Report with strong voice • Color • Number • NO POINTING TO THE BENCH • Give signal you reported at the spot of the foul • Status of the ball • Free throws • Throw-in spot

8. Foul Reporting Area Bench Table Bench T L L T

9. Preliminary Signal Stop the clock What are we doing next? (Appropriate Signal)

10. Trail calls Foul (Half court) T Bench Table Bench L L 3 3 5 5 4 4 2 Foul 2 1 1 T

11. Lead Calls Foul (Half court) T Bench Table Bench Foul L 3 3 L 5 5 2 2 4 4 1 1 T

12. Example: Proper Foul Sequence

13. Non-calling official • When foul is called • Freeze your eyes • Move to throw-in spot or FT lane • DO NOT CHASE THE BALL DOWN!!!!

14. All officials • Take your time • Get the administration of foul right • Dead ball officiating is sometimes more important than live ball officiating • Hustle to get ball back in play • Make sure all officials are in position and ready to go before putting ball back in play

15. Foul Calling Review • Is severe contact allowed by the rules? • Can a defender move after establishing Legal Guarding Position? • When do you call a flagrant foul? • What is considered fighting? • How many free throws do you award during an intentional foul? • Who do you call a player control foul on? • When do you file a Special Report?

16. Contact

17. Contact • Rule 10-6 • Players shall not: • Hold, Push, charge, trip or impede progress of an opponent by extending arm(s), shoulder(s), hip(s) or knee(s) or by bending his/her body into other than normal position; nor use any rough tactics

18. Legal Guarding Position

19. Legal Guarding Position Rule 4-23 • Guarding is an act to place the body in the path of an offensive opponent. • Obtaining LGP • Player must have both feet on the floor • Front of the player’s torso must be facing the opponent

20. Legal Guarding Position • Maintaining LGP • Player may have one or both feet on the playing court or be airborne provided they have inbound status. • Does not have to face opponent • Player may move laterally or obliquely to maintain position, provided they are not moving towards opponent • Player may raise hands or jump within his/her vertical plane • Player may turn or duck to absorb the shock or imminent contact

21. Legal Guarding Position • Time and distance is never a factor before contact • If opponent with the ball is airborne, the player must have maintained LGP before opponent left the floor

22. Airborne Shooter

23. Airborne Shooter • Definition • Player that has released the ball on a try for goal • Player that has tapped the ball • Airborne shooter is considered in the act of shooting • Considered a shooter until player has returned to the floor

24. Airborne shooter example

25. Shooting foul

26. Shooting Foul • Starts with contact during the habitual motion to the basket • Contact applies on a try or tap for goal • Shooting player is allowed to finish motion to the basket • Being on or off the floor are not factors

27. Example: Shooting foul

28. Example: Continuous Motion

29. Example: Continuous Motion

30. Player-Control Foul

31. Player-Control • Any common foul involving the ball carrier • Airborne shooter is still considered in player control even if ball is not in his/her hands

32. Player Control Foul

33. Defender Jumps

34. Example: LGP and PC Foul

35. Example: Replay

36. Incidental Contact

37. Incidental Contact • Rule 4-27 • Incidental Contact is contact with an opponent which is permitted and which does not constitute a foul • 10 Players moving rapidly there is bound to be contact

38. Incidental Contact • Contact which may result when opponents are in equally favorable positions to perform normal defensive or offensive movements, should not be considered illegal, even though contact may be severe • Similarly, contact which does not hinder the opponent from normal defensive or offensive movement, should be considered incidental.

39. Example: Incidental Contact

40. Point of Emphasis 2011-2012 Verticality

41. Verticality

42. Mark Cladis - JBOJeffrey Rutledge & Octavio Herrera

43. Verticality • Point of Emphasis 2010-2011 • Applies to a legal position • Legal Guarding Position must be obtained • Defender may rise or jump vertically • Offensive player is responsible for clearing out or causing contact with a vertical player • Defender cannot “belly up” or use lower body on offensive player • Player with the ball is not given special protection over the defender

44. Example: Verticality

45. Verticality

46. Example: Verticality

47. Example: Verticality

48. Blocking

49. Blocking • Not being in Legal Guarding Position • Contact mostly with the torso • Often called for illegal screens

50. Pushing or Charging