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When I officiated, my priority was to maintain control of the contest, and that was succeeded by calling off ball fouls. I feel that a good official will look off ball 65-75% of the time during a two man crew. Now that I'm out of officiating and currently an evaluator and intrepetor, it is difficult to teach off ball coverage. It seems that it is a natural instict to be able to work off ball, but it does seem that more an official matures, he/she is able to work off ball better, although there are individuals that are never able to grasp the challenge.
I try to challange officials to use their peripheral vision, but it is so hard for an official to get their eyes off the ball. Around here, if a team gets a lead you'll see a team go to a flex offense with many off ball lazy screens, pushing, elbows out, no feet set, etc., and those are the fouls that have to be called to maintain control of the contest.
Any suggestions teaching off ball coverage?
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