This is another Rule Review segment covering plays involving carry or palming situations. This video is dedicated to educating basketball officials on the proper way to determine if a carry or palming has occurred. Not calling a carry or palming violation because an official considers it inconsequential or a game interrupter, gives an advantage to the offensive team by allowing them to perform illegal activity. Knowing the the basics of a dribble and how it relates to whether a player committed a carry or palming violation is an important step in learning how to rule on these situations. Watching actual videos that show carry or palming plays helps officials learn faster and retain rule information better. We can all learn together by continually discussing the rules as they are written and reinforce those rules by applying them to actual high school basketball videos.
In this segment of Rule Review, the four carry or palming video clips we reference are all high school games and involve different aspects to improving your ruling on any possible carry or palming violations.
Video #1
- A dribbler comes down the court and jukes his player by quickly changing direction, however the official correctly identifies that the hand of the dribbler not only falls under the ball but pulls it back up as he moves it to the other side to change direction. A carry doesn't happen when the player puts his hand under the ball, but when he keeps the ball from following its normal bounce pattern, keeping it from continuing in its downward path, it becomes a carry.
Video #2
- After receiving a pass, a player makes a move along the endline, dribbling the ball briefly before passing to a teammate for a 3 point shot, however, when examined closer it is shown that the player alters the normal dribble pattern of the ball by pushing it laterally for a couple feet before allowing it to fall back to the floor. This should be ruled a carry violation.
Video #3
- When a dribbler moves toward the division line, resetting the offense, he adjusts his positioning in relation to his defender to be in a better, more advantageous position to start a new play. But in this players attempt to adjust, he puts his hand under the ball and holds it, keeping it from falling downward until he moves it completely to the other side. Only then does he push the ball back to the floor to continue his dribble. Just as the other plays, since the balls bounce has been interrupted and remains stagnant in the air while the player manipulates its' position, it becomes a carry violation. This play was correctly ruled by the official.
Video #4
- The dribbler makes a move along the division line and during this action he loses control of the ball, bouncing high and away from him. The dribbler then places his hand beneath the ball, but does not touch it. Once the ball returns to a position just below the dribblers hand, the dribbler then puts his hand back onto the ball and continues his dribble. This is an example reiterating that just because a dribblers hand falls beneath the ball, it does not automatically make it a carry violation. The balls bounce pattern must be interrupted and manipulated by the dribbler touching and moving the ball. How high it bounces makes no difference in ruling on this violation.
Watching video clips is a good way to stay connected to the skill of officiating basketball but true education and learning can more effectively be attained when each video is annotated with diagrams and shading to point out key teaching points. Taking away and remember specifics on a rule such as the carry or palming is easier when visual aids are used to present in a way that is easy to listen to and understand.
The Officials Institute, and the Rule Review segment, creates videos that don't leave you guessing about whether there was a foul, violation or not. Even though we cannot officiate in slow motion or freeze frames, by watching and reviewing video video in this fashion, we are able to "retrain our brain" so we can start seeing plays more accurately when we do see them in real time and increase our ability to get the call right.
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