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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
You don't run. You walk briskly, keeping your eye on the player you should be officiating, not the ball.
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I'm going to disagree very slightly. I would say that you rotate at whatever speed you need to in order to get to your new position before the entry pass is made to the post. If the entry pass is imminent, then you run if necessary. What you don't want to happen is to be halfway across the lane as the big guy spins right into the defender's chest and you're straight-lined behind the defender. If the ball has settled high enough that you have time to walk briskly then that's what you do. But if you need to get there quicker, then that's what you do. JMO.
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My point is that you don't want to run back and forth and you don't want to run unless you have to. Running usually means you don't get as good of a look at the play. If you have to run to rotate, I'd rather you stay put and let the center have it. You're going to get there late, be out of position or just plain look bad.
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Originally posted by Tony
The old Trail, moving to C, should be the last one to rotate. It's okay to have two Trails for a few seconds but you don't ever want to slots.
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Tony, what's the rationale for this statement? I've always been taught exactly the opposite. We want the C to stay put until the Lead has come all the way to his/her new position and "accepted the play". If the Trail moves to his/her new C spot, that's ok; but we don't want the old Center to abandon whatever action is causing the Lead to rotate. In essence, we're told "it's ok to have two Centers for a few seconds, but you don't ever want two Trails."[/B][/QUOTE]
I don't disagree with you and I've heard and read the same thing. I'm not advocating that the C give up the action he's been officiating. We stress that. I'm also not advocating that he move before the L has completed the transition.
But here, we're really more concerned with transition and the possibility that the C may not realize that the L has rotated. If you have two C's, who going to transition to Lead if there's a quick turnover and fast break. We would rather that the T waits until the C rotates to T. That's the only way he knows that the C realizes that he's the new L if we have to go the other way. We can cover whatever we need to on this in. But transition to the other end and not have a lead is not good.
But saying "you never want two slots," was probably the wrong thing to say.
[Edited by BktBallRef on Oct 17th, 2004 at 11:39 PM]