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Originally posted by blindzebra
Actually, how fast you are won't always help you either. If you are working trail the way you are supposed to, you WILL get beat back. I can run down some of the younger kids, and some of the girls at the varsity level, but if I'm working the backside of a play and I'm around FTL extended and a long rebound happens, I'm toast. Unless you have world class speed we all are in that situation.
It comes down to working it from either behind, moving toward the center of the court, or working it wider to get a look like the center would have in 3 whistle. But like you said the worst thing you can do is try to outrun it if you can't get there easily.
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You are 100% correct, of course. In 2-person, no one can beat the ball every time, so it's important to have that fall in behind thing down solid. (Actually, the hardest part of that move is getting out from behind if you don't need to call a foul.) But it ought to happen only two or three times in a game, except for the highest level of varsity. At least that's the mantra around here.