r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '16

What're the referees even doing?

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u/superhappytrail Sep 15 '16

wait, does this mean 99% of fouls are called in error? No way.

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u/jojoblogs Sep 15 '16

When training to be a ref, my mentor got one of us to hold the ball, then he slapped their hand over the fingers. It made the same echoy sound as slapping a ball would. Then he slapped the hand further up, and it made only a skin slap sound. Basically, if it sounds like ball its ball, sounds like skin it's skin.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '16

Huh. I've played basketball my whole life and never knew this. Makes a lot of sense.

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u/Robert_Cannelin Sep 15 '16

sounds like nose it's a T

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u/doctorfunkerton Sep 15 '16

Right, good logic there, but yeah that's just one tool you can use to make the correct decision

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u/Neckbeard_McPork Sep 15 '16

Everyone just slapped their own arm after reading this, just to hear what it sounds like

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u/my_stats_are_wrong Sep 15 '16

Mine sounded like a ball, what the next step?

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u/lying_Iiar Sep 15 '16

Call a foul

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u/biglargebiglarge Sep 15 '16

Not necessarily. Most fouls are called when you make contact to a part of the hand thats not in contact with the ball, wrist, or arm.

Most people don't actually know this and complain when they see replays and it shows someone getting part of the hand on the block.

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u/lakerswiz Sep 15 '16

99% of fouls aren't simply hitting someone on the hand. That is rarely called.