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Originally Posted by fullor30
Tip goes deep into backcourt . . .
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Actually practiced this at camp and it's become something we pregame for when it happens, so that it doesn't looking like some sort of firedrill going on.
If the tip goes deep into the backcourt, someone has to cover that endline. Who has the most practical route with the least amount of time and distance necessary to get there? The one administering the jump ball can't cover that--it has to be the official on the sideline originating on that end. He then takes the backcourt count. As the ball advances toward the frontcourt, the jump ball administrator takes C opposite that backcourt official, and the new lead has time while ball is being brought up to loop across to the other side on the endline to become the new lead on the same side as the advancing new trail . . . and all's right with the world.
Can't imagine the jump ball administrator sprinting fast enough to the backcourt to adequately cover the endline on a jump ball deep into the defensive half of the court.
Of course, other perspectives are welcome.