Name: 5 Play Challenge on Player Control - How many can you get right?
Uploaded: 2021-08-13T22:28:11+00:00
Duration: 7 min 33 s
Description: This is the 5 Play Challenge, with five plays involving player control fouls. We will show five video clips showing player control situations three different times giving ample opportunity to make a r

4 years ago

This is the 5 Play Challenge, with five plays involving player control fouls. We will show five video clips showing player control situations three different times giving ample opportunity to make a ruling. First, is in real time. Second, is zoomed in and slowed it down. Third, an analysis of what happened is given and the correct ruling revealed. These videos, as always, are dedicated to educating officials on the rules of basketball.

The 5 play challenge is not set up to explain the rule in detail but instead simply references rules as they are written and guidelines to help appropriately apply those rules. Every player control video we show in this segment is clipped from actual footage of high school basketball games, involving high school athletes. The goal is to provide as much possible information to assist the way we see player control fouls in the future. The more plays we see, with detailed explanation, the better we will get at identifying the correct ruling more consistently.

Video #1
- A dribbler drives into the lane and passes to his teammate. But the officials stops play with a whistle calling a player control foul. What do you think?
Video #2
- A shooting foul is called on this play. But watch closely. Was there any illegal activity before that?
Video #3
- A post player gets the ball and makes a strong move to the basket, getting fouled in the process of shooting. Anything else worth calling? Watch and see?
Video #4
- A player make a move into the lane, beating his defender and puts up a shot. No whistle on the play, but should there have been?
Video #5
- A player backs his way into the post finishing with a shot and a foul call. But was this a shooting foul or was the back down illegal? Take a look and see.

Watching video clips is a good way to hone your basketball officiating skills and retain your learning for future use. We believe the most effective way to assist in building a correct understanding of rules and how to apply them is by watching videos with annotation, diagrams and shading to highlight key teaching points. Taking away and remembering specifics on a rule, such as player control, 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 5 Play Challenge segment, creates videos in a fun and interesting way to test your ability to properly recognize specific plays, but 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.