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Old Thu Jul 11, 2019, 11:14am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Officialese ...

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Originally Posted by bucky View Post
Fans, coaches, players, and officials all describe play and activity based on where the ball is, not an official.
From my two cents:

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... “strong side” as a basketball coach ... I coached middle school basketball for over twenty-five years and attended many coaching workshops, including those with college coach presenters, and the term “strong side” always meant the side of the court with the ball. The very first time I heard it we were instructed to imagine a string tied to one basket ring and stretched across the length of the court and tied to the other basket ring. If the ball was one side of this string, that was the “strong side”.
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... don't confuse coaching language with officiating language.
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