Expert: Bret Temple - 2/15/2010

Question
QUESTION: 1. swinging elbow.  a1 dribbling the ball in front court, b3 swinging elbow, not hitting anyone or hit a3 player.  What is the penalty.

2. 10 second freethrow violation, who calls it, trail or lead.

3. Freethrower hits the board, not the ring, is this a violation?

4. girls basketball is there 5 second count closely guarded on dribbling?, holding the ball?

5. team A has 6 team fouls, A1 commits player control foul, does B team shoot bonus freethrows?

6. team A has 6 team fouls, A4 without the ball, push B4 player,
does B Team shoo bonus freethrows?

7. as lead official, on administering a 2 freethrows, what do you look at on the 1st freethrow and what about the 2nd freethrow.

8. as the trail official, 2 freethrows, what do you look at on the first free throw and what about the 2nd freethrow.

9.  in the audience, during the game, the audience is dribbling the ball on the bleacher and also stomping their feet on the bleacher creating rythem type of music, very loud and disturbing. is there violation here?

10. jumpball violations, what are the list of violation?

ANSWER: HI Fred,

wow, lots of questions. Ok here we go.

1.  Any player who flagrantly throws elbows back and forth can be called for a violation. Turn over to the other team. If they make contact with another player, it's a Technical Foul.

2.  The Trail counts it and calls it.

3.  Yes this is a shooter violation. The ball must hit the rim on a freethrow.

4.  Yes there is 5 second Closely guarded, but no 10 seconds in the back court.

5.  No Bonus Free Throws are awarded on a Player Control Foul. Ball is awarded out of bounds.

6.  In this case, this is an offensive foul, but not a player control foul. So yes bonus free throws will be awarded.

7.  Lead official watches the players lined up opposite of the side he/she is standing and watches for any lane violations. The Trail official watches the side opposite of him/her and the free throw shooter.

8.  Already Answered

9.  No violation, however the official at anytime can instruct anyone in the gym to stop doing whatever they are doing, or eject them from the stands.

10.  Most popular violation is tipping the ball before it has reached it's height apex.

Hope that helped.

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QUESTION: Thank you for answering my questions. Can you please read #1 question again and answer it please?.  Thx

ANSWER: Fred,

I answered question 1 already. I'm not sure why a defensive player would be swinging their elbows like in your example. That normally happens when a player with the ball is being heavily pressured by the defense and maybe even being double teamed. They swing their elbows in an attempt to clear the defenders out. In that case, swinging elbows back and forth is just a violation. If they make contact with another player it's a Technical foul or Intentional Foul basically same thing. If a defensive player swings their elbows, depending on what their intent was, it could be a regular foul or intentional. Just swinging them normally would not constitute a violation.

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QUESTION: Hi,  :)  it happened to me when (regarding question #1)  a defensive player was  near the block, and for some reason he started swinging, the offensive post player was afraid to get close to the post area, I did not call anything but it did affect the game .

Answer
wow that is strange, I've never seen that. I suppose a violation could have been called if it was flagrant enough to cause injury or gain an advantage. Well next time you'll know. That's something where you may be able to issue a warning first, and it also depends on what age and level your doing. Thanks again for the questions.