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Old Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:54am
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Block/PC + Positioning (video)

I guess I'm still in camp learning/teaching mode...after 8 of them. Or 9. I lost count.

In my never ending search for plays I saw this one and it brought to mind a few things picked up over the summer, especially in my last two camps.





I put in freezes at three points in the replay.

1. The L is at close down as the play comes into frontcourt on his side. Also, his shoulders are parallel to the end line. I heard more than a few times: If the ball is coming down the L's "lane" - between the sideline and FTLE on their side - go to a point between wide angle and close down to work outside in. Also, keep your shoulders at a 45-degree angle to the end line.

2. The L's body is facing the wrong way, meaning he won't be able to see into the lane (which is where the BH/dribbler is going) without turning his head and body all the way around. This leads to...

3. I froze the video at the point where it appears the defender had both feet on the floor with her torso facing the new BH/dribbler. I'm not sure whether the call was correct because I can't see the defender's heels but in relation to the RA but I feel it should have been a PC. Regardless, I think the L was guessing on whether the defender obtained LGP...and it all goes back to point #1.

Yes, I now realize/remember it wouldn't be an RA play due to the offensive player beginning her move in the LDB...my mistake. See below.

D. Williamson spoke to us in DC about not being "sucked into the paint" as the L. She joked that she's going to call every school and ask them to check for a black hole next to the lane that draws in all of us. I know I'm going to try to be more conscious in 3-person games but also in my HS/2-person games.
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Old Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:19pm
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3. I froze the video at the point where it appears the defender had both feet on the floor with her torso facing the new BH/dribbler. I'm not sure whether the call was correct because I can't see the defender's heels but in relation to the RA but I feel it should have been a PC. Regardless, I think the L was guessing on whether the defender obtained LGP...and it all goes back to point #1.
With regard to whether the defender's heels are in the RA...I'd argue it wouldn't matter as the player catches the ball in the LDB and thus the play originated from there making the RA moot.
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Old Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:48pm
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I'd argue it wouldn't matter as the player catches the ball in the LDB and thus the play originated from there making the RA moot.
Agreed.

And I also agree about the positioning of the L, but in this case the C should have had a good look at black 14 and be able to provide info to the L if necessary.
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Old Thu Jul 31, 2014, 02:11pm
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With regard to whether the defender's heels are in the RA...I'd argue it wouldn't matter as the player catches the ball in the LDB and thus the play originated from there making the RA moot.
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Agreed.
Thanks. I forgot. A good indication as to how many times I actually had to call the RA/LDB rule.

Back to the CCA manual and rule book for me.
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Old Thu Jul 31, 2014, 02:15pm
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And I also agree about the positioning of the L, but in this case the C should have had a good look at black 14 and be able to provide info to the L if necessary.
I thought about the C but it's still clearly the L's call. If he doesn't put a whistle on it that's another story.

Also, I don't think he (was making my mistake and) calling the block because of the RA. I'm not 100% sure because the shot cut away too fast and this broadcast didn't have replays.
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Not to change the subject but isn't the same official who chased the ball out the doors to retrieve it?

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Not to change the subject but isn't the same official who chased the ball out the doors to retrieve it?

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Yes it is! Hopefully he doesn't see this and think I'm picking on him
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Nice video find JMF.

Great lesson on why we can't be lazy as L.
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Nice video find JMF.

Great lesson on why we can't be lazy as L.
Thanks.

I don't know if it's so much lazy as it is bad habits. This game was in early February. If you're doing it that late in the season chances are it has been going on for a while. It's situations like this that prompt NCAA supervisors to "suggest" we attend a camp in some form (camper or clinician).
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During the entire sequence of the ball going down into the corner followed by a drive along the end line to the RA, what are primary coverage responsibilities of the Lead and Trail for this play on the Women's side?
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During the entire sequence of the ball going down into the corner followed by a drive along the end line to the RA, what are primary coverage responsibilities of the Lead and Trail for this play on the Women's side?
That's entirely in the Lead's PA, so the lead has it.

If the lead stays in the post on the pass (because of a competitive matchup there), then the T has the drive, but contact near the RA would still be lead's primary.
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This does not look like a college game. It looks like much younger players.

That being said, it is very close B/C call. I tend to go with charge on these plays this close. I could never conclude the right call based on this angle.

In a Men's game the PA would change as the ball started outside the 3 point line, which is the T's PCA (same in HS).

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Old Fri Aug 01, 2014, 04:10pm
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In NCAA Women the Trail would have the best look at this play and should be concentrating in the post since the Lead as assumed primary responsibility for the action outside the three point line. When the Lead position adjusts to take the play he turns his back to the lane and cannot see anything but those players in the corner. If you watch his head it is following the ball in to the post play and has to physically turn his body just to see the play. I would argue that the Trail's new primary is in the post on the strong side of the floor and the Lead should allow Trail first crack. CCA Manual for the Women's side actually gives this responsibility to the Trail when the Lead has a competitive matchup near the three point line.

Oh and this is a close play, but I'd have gone with offensive foul on this one.
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That's why I asked about the coverage. Seems like the Lead has all the work, and the Trail is just a bystander.
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That's why I asked about the coverage. Seems like the Lead has all the work, and the Trail is just a bystander.
Not so much the T just being a bystander as it is that the L is trying to do it all... as others have said, once he picked up the ball out in the corner, he should be letting the T have the post action.
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