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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by zebraman
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Originally posted by blindzebra
If I'm getting the description correctly the drive started in trail's primary, so your focus should be on the "help" defender and not the "on ball" defender.
Sometimes reffing the defense means finding the right defender, sounds like you got the wrong one.
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Larks said that A1 beat B1 and the defender that took the charge was B2. Sounds like a secondary defender to me in which case it's fine for the lead to take it.
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And from his description he picked up B2 late and was not sure if he was there before A1 went up, so he was not reffing his defender he picked up trail's defender and followed that to the "help" defender.
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This is great. You guys are saying the same thing and don't realize it!
There is more to "ref the defense" than people think. You have to know which defender you should be watching!
I agree with the above quotes that the Trail has A1 and B1 on this play. The Lead should be aware that they have entered his primary coverage area, but he should only help the Trail with calls on these two players. He should have his primary focus on the other players who were already in his area. One of those players was B2. When there is a collision between A1 and B2, the Lead is the primary official for this crash because he is the one who should have been watching B2's position for the whole play. He is the only one who will know for sure if B2 was in position before A1 left the floor. How could your Trail tell you that B2 slid in late, if he was focused on A1 and B1?
I have actually discussed this play in pregames. We talk about the secondary defender coming over to take a charge and who has responsibility for that.