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Originally posted by ChuckElias
This was mentioned in another thread, but to avoid mixing this discussion with advice for a first time camper, I thought I'd start a thread.
Sombody said, as Lead, look for a reason to rotate.
I've heard that before, but you know what? I have no idea what that means. It sounds to me as if the person is saying, "I know the ball is over there, but don't rotate yet. Yep, it's right in front of the C, but stay here for a minute".
To me, if I'm not ballside, that's a darn good reason to rotate. The whole point of 3-whistle officiating is to have two officials on the strong side of the court, isn't it?
So if the ball is opposite me for more than a second and a half, I'm going.
What other reason are people suggesting that we are looking for? 
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That was me.
What It means is officials that are used to 2 person tend to look for a reason besides where the ball is to go ball side.
In 2 person some tend to not yo-yo across the lane when a team is passing it around the top, but not attacking the basket, a lot of us will go with the post players.
So when these officials do 3 person they tend to hesitate and will rotate LATE, thus leaving the center official stuck officiating the play and rotating at the same time.
This leads to 4 eyes on 2 players and causes a lot of missed rotations in transtition.