Thread: Coverage Areas
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Old Thu Nov 09, 2006, 01:29pm
blindzebra blindzebra is offline
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Gimlet, just some things.

If you don't have any match ups in your area...which is rare, especially if you do 2 whistle...you are taught, and expected, to expand your area to help. This is mainly for the C in 3 whistle.

But again, it's just like in 2 whistle where trail helps backside when lead comes ball side to take the ball below FT line extended or when lead expands to help opposite when trail has the ball high...these are expected and ways to improve court coverage. All officials on the court know that is what to do, and where they need to be looking, so in reality they are not calling out of their area, they are calling in their mechanically correct SECONDARY AREAS.

I keep reading screens, backside screens.

Properly positioned officials, that can officiate through a match up, are quite capable of officiating off ball while on ball. In fact my partner and I call those money calls, and have a little joke bet for the season on who will have the most.
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