5 Play Challenge on Blocked Shots - How many can you get right?

Welcome back to the 5 Play Challenge, with five plays involving blocked shots. We will show five video clips showing blocked shots 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 blocked shot 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 blocked shot plays 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 defender attempts to block a shot, swinging his arm into the shooters space but no call was made. Should this had been a foul? Watch and see.
Video #2
- A shot is blocked on a drive to the basket, hitting the hand of the shooter in the process, and the Lead official stops play with a foul call. What is the proper ruling?
Video #3
- A drive to the basket leads to a shot and a block, but the official whistles the play dead for a foul. But was there contact?
Video #4
- A defender attempts to block a shot extending his arm outside of his own vertical space. The official called a foul.
Video #5
- Another foul called on a block shot attempt, but the defender completely missed the ball. How can a missed block attempt be a foul? Watch 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 blocked shots, 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.

#blockedshot
#shootingfoul
#basketballrules
#basketballvideoreview

You can also find us on our website
https://officialsinstitute.godaddysites.com/

Join our group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialsinstitute/