Transcript 2013-2014 MMBRA Rules Refresher

2013-2014
MMBRA Rules Refresher
Nate Saunders – MMBRA Interpreter 2013-2014
[email protected]
FIBA rules, interpretations, questions, queries, etc…
Getting “refreshed”…
• FIBA.com
- Official Rules 2012
- Official Interpretations 2012
- 2-Person and 3-Person Mechanics Manual
• CABO Canada
- Interpretations 2011
• Facebook, Twitter, FIBAAmericasReferee.com, MMBRA.org
NO NEW RULE CHANGES! 
NO USE OF THE NO-CHARGE SEMI-CIRLE
IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE TWO 3PT LINES,
USE THE NEAREST 3PT LINE
2013-2014 Points of Emphasis
*Contact principles and illegal/excessive contact*
1) Unsportsmanlike fouls
2) Plays where we NEED a whistle
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
Four (4) instances:
• No effort to play the ball
• Causing excessive contact (hard foul)
• Contact from behind or laterally (on the side) on a
break-away situation (last defensive player)
• Last 2-minutes of the 4th Quarter OR Overtime: A foul
before ball has been released for throw-in.
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
No effort to play the ball/Causing excessive contact (hard foul)
• Rough, severe, dangerous, flagrant contact should not be
tolerated at any time. Clean up the game.
• Detect the players who do not play basketball.
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
No effort to play the ball/Causing excessive contact (hard foul)
• Evaluate the action and do not think about the penalty.
• In case of doubt, call a personal foul. Take a few seconds to
evaluate the whole play.
• Partners may assist to upgrade (or downgrade) a call.
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
Tip:
“Ask yourself: Is this a type of contact situation I am
okay with seeing 10 times in my game? If the answer
is ‘no’, then you most likely have an unsportsmanlike
foul situation on your hands.”
- Warren Poncsak, CABO National Evaluator
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
Contact from behind or laterally (on the side) on a break-away situation
RULE (no judgment involved):
• If a defensive player causes contact with opponent from behind
or laterally in an attempt to stop a fastbreak and there is no
opponent between the offensive player and the opponents
basket, it is an UF.
• Valid until player is in act of shooting (unless no effort to play the
ball or excessive contact)
Unsportsmanlike Fouls
Foul before ball has been released for throw-in, last 2-minutes of the game
RULE (no judgment involved):
During the last 2 mins of the game, when the ball is out-of-bounds
for a throw-in and still in the hands of the official or already at the
disposal of the player taking the throw-in, if at this moment a
defensive player causes contact with a player of the offensive team
and a foul is called, it is an UF.
NEED a whistle…
• “Automatic”, very little judgment
involved
• Call the obvious
• Do not miss the big ones
NEED a whistle…
Examples…
• Players getting hit in the head/face
whether in the act of shooting
or not. Safety first.
NEED a whistle…
Examples…
• Contact (especially from the
waist down) that causes a
dribbler to fall with the ball.
NEED a whistle…
• Hand-checking is the “illegal” use of the hand(s) / arm(s) to
impede or influence the movement / progress of an opponent
with or without the ball
• A defensive player may momentarily touch an opponent with his
hand anywhere on the court as long as it does not affect the
opponent’s movement (rhythm, speed, balance, quickness)…
• Tip: North/South, Cylinder Principle
NEED a whistle…
• Under NO circumstances may the defensive player place two hands
upon an opponent. Two hands = Call the foul. Automatic.
NEED a whistle…
• Crashes in the key (block/charge
situations) where both players
end up on the floor…
MUST have a whistle.
NEED a whistle…
• There can be no “let them play” attitude when the contact is
excessive or rough…
MMBRA’S
TOP 3 – MISUNDERSTOOD CALLS
#3 – KICK (FOOT) BALL
A player shall not (…) deliberately kick or block it with
any part of the leg... However, to accidentally come
into contact with or touch the ball with any part of the
leg is not a violation.
• Article 13.2
MMBRA’S
TOP 3 – MISUNDERSTOOD CALLS
#2 – PLAYER FALLING, LYING OR SITTING ON THE FLOOR
It is legal when a player falls and slides on the floor while
holding the ball or, while lying or sitting on the floor, gains
control of the ball. It is a violation if the player then rolls or
attempts to stand up while holding the ball
• Article 25.2.3
MMBRA’S
TOP 3 – MISUNDERSTOOD CALLS
#1 – FIFTH (5th) FOUL SUBSTITUTION SITUATION
Substitutions shall be completed as quickly as possible.
A player who has committed his five (5) fouls or has
been disqualified must be substituted immediately
(within approximately 30 seconds).
• Article 19.3.6
QUESTIONS?
Merci! Thanks!
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