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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I never understand the, "I never look up" logic.
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Agree with most of JRutledge's comments.
Of course being wider will give the lead a wider field of vision, including up, but sometimes the lead has to move toward the lane to "split' being straight lined by two "active" post players.
And moving deeper, also giving the lead a wider field of vision, is often impossible in some of our smaller rural gyms.
"Never looking up" to guys in my little corner of Connecticut (as we're all trained to do) doesn't really mean to never look up, it means not looking up to simply see if the ball went into the basket, we can certainly look up to see contact up high.
Also, keeping one's eyes on the players will allow us to see things, sometimes "bad"(unsporting) things, that can happen after the illegal contact and after the ball has been released.
Looking up for the sole purpose to see if the ball went in will get one "dinged" on an evaluation here in these parts.
That being said, most of the time the lead can use their peripheral vision to see if the ball went into the basket, except when they can't.
Back when I was taking high school summer school drivers education, we had an instrument that measured peripheral vision.
If I recall, my peripheral vision was pretty good compared to most others.
It's on my curriculum vitae: Great peripheral vision.
I also often mention it to hot single Moms in the bleachers.
