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Originally posted by LarryS
As an aside, the title of the post reminds me of one of those "DUH" moments. My 3-whistle experience totals 7 games (all in camps). I was having trouble picking up the rotations given all the other things on my evaluations. One of the more experienced officials pointed out that if you are looking at the players backs from T, you missed a rotation and if you get to 2 on a 5-second closely guarded count at C you probably need to move. After I thought "DUH..how simple" I applied it in the last 3 games this weekend and only missed one rotation.
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True perhaps but remember that it's always better to have two Centers than to have two Trails! The Center should be the last official to rotate.
Juules, in the play you describe, you don't want to guess. But here's a rule of thumb I sometimes use. If the defender swipes down and the ball goes down, he probably got mostly ball. But if he swipes down and the ball goes up, you can be pretty darn sure there was a foul.
As Todd said, you can most certainly close down. And yes, that does mean stepping onto the court. However, there's nothing wrong with the Lead coming across to your side of the lane to get the foul that you're straightlined on. If there's a drive down your side of the lane from the top of the key, the worst thing the lead can do is rotate then. As lead, you do not want to get caught and have to officiate from under the basket. This game is all about angles. Either side of the basket is great but under the basket is no man's land. Think of it as hot water that you want to stay out of, because that's exactly what it is.