User talk:Skinnylydia

Water polo
Skinnylydia 06:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC) I'm a NFHS/USWP certified referee. I updated the goalie section according the the 2006-2007 NFHS rulebook. Also i was reading through and noticed a question I could answer.

This has to do with the 3 seconds of dead time after a foul question at the very top. Dead time ends as soon as the ball is returned to play.

RULE BOOK word for word: The timekeeper shall start the 35 second clock at the beginning of the period when the first player gains possession of the ball (the player need not actually touch the ball)and shall stop the clock each time the whistle blows. Play is resumed when the ball leaves the hand of the player taking a free throw, goal throw or corner throw.

By leaves the hand it doesn't mean throw, it just means leave the hand, so a player could bounce, swim or toss the ball up and down to themselves to put it in play.

as you can see no where in the rule book does it say 3 seconds after the foul, but this raises the question of a delay of game.

Summarized: If the player swims away from their free throw it is a turnover, If they fail to put the ball in play in a reasonable amount of time it is also a turnover. A reasonable amount of time is left up to the referees.

I don't count to three in my head, I usually give them time to regain possession of the ball, regain their posistion in the pool and have a look for a open man. I could do all three at the same time when i played so i expect the same of the players.

I only turn the ball over on free throws when a player:
 * doesn't put the ball in play by having the ball leave their hand (usually players bounce a ball out of habit so it isn't a problem but newer players forget sometimes and i just turn it over when i get bored of watching the same player do nothing; about 3-7 seconds if i timed it. the 3 is a slow 3 and the 7 only happens at novice games when the coach is trying to teach as they go)
 * swims away from a free throw

Also how do i add pictures?
 * Thanks for your contributions of the goalie rule changes. I have transferred them to the companion article to this one, History of water polo, since rule changes are better suited to that article. The tendency is for such details to be added to this main article, which had become so large that a few editors like Outside Center and myself tried to split the articles to several others, such as:
 * History of water polo - covering history & origins, famous players and games, Olympic & FINA records, evolution of the rules
 * List of water polo organizations - listing active water polo regulatory organizations, national committees, clubs
 * Glossary of Water Polo - covering terms used in water polo
 * Water polo ball - covering the evolution of the ball
 * You may want to look over these articles to see if you can make some contributions there.
 * I will look over your 3 second rule and see if I can fit it into the article, or go ahead yourself. If it's difficult, one of us will re-edit it.
 * As far as adding pictures (called images on Wikipedia): The most practical way is to look for any picture in an article, that is already the size and position that you want to make the picture that you are adding. Then hit the "edit" for that section to display the formatting, and copy the [[Image:nameof picture.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Caption of the picture]] . Then paste it into the place you want it in the article you want the picture in; change the "name of picture.jpg" to the name of the picture that you are uploading, and "Caption of the picture" the what you want under the image. Then hit the "Show preview" button under the edit window. The page will display with the image box in the correct position, but no picture -- you haven't uploaded it yet. If you click on the red text "Image:nameof picture.jpg" or whatever you are naming it, it will open some boxes to let you upload you picture. After its uploaded, use your browser's "Back" button to get back to the edit preview. Hit preview again, and your picture should display. More info is here: Uploading images. Regards, Ryanjo 16:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)