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Originally posted by oc
My mentor was teaching me a mechanic that I found odd and couldn't confirm from the manual. Although I respect his experience, I want a second opinion on this.
He said if the ball low away from the L for more than 5 seconds or so the L should come strong side and the T cross across the court completing the switch. I agree with the first part and it is confirmed by diagram 10 on page 25 of the manual. But the part of the T crossing threw the middle of the court seems wrong. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of a fast break. However if that is what our association is doing I will.
Can anyone confirm if this is correct for the rest of the country.
FYI--HSFS mechanics
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I know that I am jumping into the debate kind of late, BUT!!
The bald old geezers out there like me will remember that we used to work Cadillac when officiating in a two-person crew (both NFHS and NCAA Men's/Women's). This meant that the while looking at the court from the S/T Table, when that ball was to the right of the Table, the Lead was opposite the Table and the Trail was Table side, and when the ball was to the left of the Table the Lead was Table side that the Trail was opposite the Table. When a throw-in anywhere on the court required the officials to set up opposite of that positioning the officials were considered to be in opposite of Cadillac (or using left-handed mechanics). There was a protocol for the officials to use to get back into Cadillac (which I will not go into here). The ironic thing about the protocol was that one will not find in any NFHS or CCA Two-person manual. Around 1985 or 1986, when ball side mechanics became the correct mechanics for two-person crews, Cadillac became incorrect.
Your mentor, is incorrect in trying to get you to move across the court, because that is and incorrect officiating mechanic and should not be used.