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Originally posted by Goose
Other issues. Call your area, period, unless the end of the world is near. We had a clear block charge with me in the slot from the opposite side of the court down the lane. Huge crash, I held, Lead froze IMO, and thus no call, but it was without a doubt a charge. In 2-man, I wouldn't have hesitated in making the call, but with 3-man, there are some fuzzy issues with calling your area only. Talked to the camp director at the break and asked him his opinion and what should I have done. Basically, I did the right thing and eat the whistle, although I didn't feel good with that answer since player A got away with manslaughter while the whole gym watched. So, I'm not so sure about this call your area only thing, but I can respect it.
Same game, earlier, I'm in the slot again, and player A drives and takes off from other side of the court slashing to the basket airborne. Arm gets ticked, and I mean ticked. Shot still got off without a problem. Lead again fails to call (this was a D-1 official). Player A turns to him and says he was hit, and thereupon was awarded with a T. I was then asked later if I saw his arm being hit, whereupon I said I saw it get touched, not hit, and furthermore, it had no effect on his motion or his release. I was chastized for not making this call from the slot. So, in this game I couldn't win for losing. Damned if I did, and damned if I didn't.
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There's a couple of different schools of thought on this one.
- Not in your area: pass!
- C needs to be aggressive & get what he can, sort of like F5 grabbing ground balls to his left in front of F6
- Anyone can grab the obvious call, especially when bodies hit the floor. Also known as 'game savers'.
In any event the C has the best view of arm contact and should take those, as in your second play.
Usually these issues are resolved during pregame, unfortunately pregames at camp are not long and sometimes the crew is not on the same page consistently. And if it makes you feel better, all bets are off if a crew member is not taking calls he should be taking - IOW trust your partner until he proves he can't be trusted. Maybe your clinician felt Mr Big Time couldn't be trusted? And *someone* needed to step up?
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All in all, it was a good learning experience for me. It all wasn't bad. I got my 3-man stuff down, but I'm still at odds with the inconsistency that exists at these camps. To much power is being held by assignors, and especially so with college men and women working as clinicians at HS camps.
goose
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Camp is camp. Absorb everything, use what you can in your game, file the rest for reference.