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Originally posted by MOFFICIAL:
I don't understand the mechanic your speaking of. If the ball goes out of bounds on the line you left you could be quite embarrassed if you can't make a call.
This is where court coverage and court awareness and "feel for the game" comes in. You shouldn't go strong side just for the sake of going. Guidleines include ball on the wing at or below foul line extended, post play, overload of players to that side. Why shouldn't you go and help when there is an overload of players on your partner's sdie of the floor. If, while you're strong side, there is a skip pass back to the weakside, go back with ball. If there is ball reversal, shift back with the ball. Your not glued to the spot once you go strong side. Your only going to ref post play and then going back based on ball position. Quickness is a must! How many times do you see, on the strong side, a point guard, a wing player, a player in the corner, and a player posted up on the block shifted to the strong side with a lone offensive player on the weak side (a classic overload situation)? Then as the ball is passed to the post, the weak side official make a holding call on the defensive post player. How can you see it clearly? Aren't you making an assumption most of the time? You're looking at the back of the post!!! Wouldn't you be in a better position, not to mention a help to your partner, if you had come strong side and ref'd the post. If a skip pass is then thrown, bust your butt back across the lane with the ball and reff the play from normal positions. If the ball goes out of bounds, sure it's possible you might miss one but if you're moving with the ball and rotating back when you're supposed to, the chances of this are greatly reduced.