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When there is a line marked at 12 feet, are officials going to call when an 8-9 year old steps on or over the line, in the act of shooting a FT, a shooting violation? Sorry, my question wasn’t clear enough. There is a line painted at Mannford. Honestly I’m not sure it’s painted anywhere else but it has been called 1x all season, on a made FT when we ended up losing by 1 point. He didn’t call the violation on the other 5-6 FT’s we shot. Whether the FT is made or not, if he’s going to call it a violation, at least be consistent.
I’m just asking for consistency. The official in Mannford was ridiculous. The worst I’ve seen in 10 years. We will certainly run more video to help everyone learn and get better. I wish we had video of him turned talking to parents in the stands while the game was being played.
At the same time so it doesn’t just seem like I’m complaining. The officials we had at the Jenks rock gym on Jan 6 did a great job. I went to both of them after the game and told them as much. They had just officiated a game before ours between Jenks HWPO and Skiatook where they had to kick a fan out for being a jerk. The officials have a hard job and ridiculous parents/coaches need to grow up. I’ve never, not once, had an official stop the game in the 1Q and come to our bench to lecture us about how experienced he is. He took away any opportunity for us to ask questions or clarification on calls that should be explained/answered. I haven’t mentioned up to this point, he gave our HC a ‘formal warning’ in the 3Q. The only way we knew he got a ‘formal warning’ was because we could hear him tell the scorers table about it. He didn’t tell our HC. When our HC asked why he got a warning, the official shut down any questions.
I’ll start asking the official before the game if they are calling the FT shooting violation. At least then we know what to expect.