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Originally posted by Nevadaref
The officials pretty much worked just like they do in the 3-man system. The lead rotated to the strong side quickly, and quite often both of the officials were on the same side of the court. I know that this is an approved mechanic in NFHS, but most guys are either uncomfortable coming over or frown upon it. On a couple of possessions the Lead rotated more than once to cover a shot and then a weakside rebound. They ran, not walked over.
3. On one foul call near the division line the Trail official, who was tableside, called the foul and immediately turned his back to the players to report. Although, I'm sure this speed looks great and is not much of a problem in 3-man, I would have liked to see this official adjust his game due to the circumstance of only having one partner out there and hold his view of the players for a bit. I know that they don't do 2-man hardly at all and the ingrained habits are not going to be changed in the blink of an eye. It just could have been a problem, if someone had done something silly in that hotly contested game.
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The NBA 3 is just an extension of the two person crew. The NBA has their refs learn the two person game extensively before they ref three. They are trained extensively, The NBA puts out a 2 person mechanics manual...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having two refs on the same side of the floor. If you know what you are doing it does not affect coverage. The object is to get the call right. If there are guys that frown upon going strong-side to ref, it's that they get too worried about getting across and covering their line... or they are too lazy.
Remember in terminology (at least with NBA) lead always has strong side rebound, because where ever lead is is the strong side..
I am not sure what you want trail to adjust to. If there is a problem, they may have missed a cheap shot, but the league does not miss them, and even if the "T" was not called, David Stern and company would still issue fines and suspensions. If you miss a T in a one shot Trail calls a foul, turns and reports to table. His partner watches the other players. The object in any game is to get the ball back into play. Too often NFHS referees take too much time putting the ball back into play (the mechanics encourage it many times) It goes like this
Blow the whistle
Tell the player what they did
Maybe birddog
Maybe a preliminary signal
Run way out to a reporting area
Stop
Signal
Go way back to where you call it
(if the foul is in backcourt you may have to long switch)