I have watched a number of games this year at all levels and have come to the conclusion that FIBA rules in the OBA are messing up High School basketball.
Not so much the players but mainly the scorekeepers! I witnessed a game a few weeks back that was decided by the scorekeepers. They stopped the clock after a made basket ( this was a highschool game, with the basket coming with 5 seconds remaining), the refs went to the table and clarified the rule for them but that doesn't change the fact that the clock was stopped. It benefitted one team because they were able to run there inbound play witch led to a game winning three. They had no timeouts left to stop the clock.
In the same game parents from a team were verbally abusive to a ref because they thought that you were only aloud 3 timeouts in the second half. We all know that in high school you have 5 timeouts and can burn them all within the first 2 minutes if you wish.
Our volunteer scorekeepers are so confused, that it leads to these crucial mistakes.
How many of you Coaches, Players, Parents, Refs or basketball fans have witnessed or experienced something along these lines?
Not so much the players but mainly the scorekeepers! I witnessed a game a few weeks back that was decided by the scorekeepers. They stopped the clock after a made basket ( this was a highschool game, with the basket coming with 5 seconds remaining), the refs went to the table and clarified the rule for them but that doesn't change the fact that the clock was stopped. It benefitted one team because they were able to run there inbound play witch led to a game winning three. They had no timeouts left to stop the clock.
In the same game parents from a team were verbally abusive to a ref because they thought that you were only aloud 3 timeouts in the second half. We all know that in high school you have 5 timeouts and can burn them all within the first 2 minutes if you wish.
Our volunteer scorekeepers are so confused, that it leads to these crucial mistakes.
How many of you Coaches, Players, Parents, Refs or basketball fans have witnessed or experienced something along these lines?