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Old Tue Oct 02, 2012, 09:00pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Freddy View Post
If the prime reason for proper court positioning is . . .
to be in the right place
at the right time
in order to see the right thing
to make the right call (which might be a no-call)

(which is an expression I find myself using more and more lately),
then this ball side mechanic is purely natural.

I introduced it tonight to a group of three newer officials (who are well schooled in three-man mechanics) with whom I'll be working two-man sub-level games this year and their first comment was, "Hey, that's just like why the lead in three-man needs to rotate."
I appreciated their impulsive remark.
They won't have any trouble adopting the ball-side mechanic for two-man.

Thanx again to all for the responses.
The biggest difference is realizing they have to go back before there is post play back on their original side (they go back when there is no longer post play on the trail's side), when the ball transitions to the other end, or when a pass is made towards their sideline.
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