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Originally posted by Dewey1
I agree that we have peripheral vision. I am almost always aware when my partner signals a three, but when I mark it is when my focus is off my primary and I am ball watching. Awareness and physically mirroring are two different thing in my opinion. But coaches notice this stuff and I think it is important that if your partner has it then leave it alone.
Here is a rare situation, but one I have seen happen more than once. T indicates 3 attempt and C mirrors the attempt. Then T realizes that A1's toe was on the line and drops their hand. I have seen 2 different situation occur, neither of which is good I think. Senario 1- C drops hand as T does - I believe this indicates too much focus on T's movements and not enough on rebounding action. Senario 2- the shot goes in and C indicates successful 3 not realizing that T has taken away the attempt.
I am not agruing that you are not aware of what your partner is doing, just that your focus needs to be elsewhere when the ball is not in your primary and nothing good can come from marking 3 point attempts. I would be interested in anyone's opinion on how this would benifit the crew or the game. Like I said in my last post, not the end of the world by any means, but something that crews need to be aware of and talk about. C to T ball tranistion is extermly important in 3 whistle officating. We do not need 4 eye's on the ball.
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To be honest, we usually don't need two eyes on the ball if there's no competitive matchup happening.
I usually work 2-whistle HS games, but I'm also licensed in the state due south of me and worked two 3-whistle varsity boys games on Saturday. If the ball is in the gray area, and both hands go up (T and C), I'll typically drop my hand -- but my concern is that BOTH of us will. But you're right, the first thing I do when I have a three close to the gray area is look across at my partner with peripheral vision to see if there's a hand up.
It's important to get that look anyway, cause if it goes in we need to mirror the signal.