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Originally posted by Junker
If you're staying in your area, you are officiating off ball.
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In general, I agree, with this one exception. As I've been partner-watching, I've seen a few times when my partner is clearly screened from seeing a foul, and then I'll call it, even out of my area. It's been about four or five times during the season so far. One time, my partner had seen the contact and intended to pass on it, so I shouldn't have called it. The other three, partner made a point of saying that they thought there was something there, but couldn't tell for sure, and they were glad I called it. I tried to see the foul and then look at P before blowing it. I know this isn't leading to ball-watching, since I have had two different evals that commented on how well I watched off-ball.
So I have called a few out of my area, but mostly I'm not looking.