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Originally posted by CLAY
This is my 2nd year officating. And I can tell you the ego's out there are huge. I would like to know with your experience should the trail help the lead under the basket? or vise/versa?
With all the screens and movement under the basket its sometimes better for the trail to make some call, Since they may have had better position.
I made a call from out top under the basket and my partner came charging at me telling me to stay out of his area. My reply to him was sorry, you missed one.
I get tired of the coaches and fans yelling how can two or three of you miss that call.
when I work with anyone I now ask if they want help in their areas, some say yes some say no. When ref's tell me no I usually swallow my whislte and go on.
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If you're 100% sure, and the call needs to be made, call it.
I think there's a misconception on "areas". It doesn't mean "I'll call everything in this area, and you call everything in that area." It means, "If the ball is in this area, I'll watch the player with the ball and the defender(s) on that player. You watch everything else. And, vice-versa."
Most of the time, the "everything else" is in the post area, no matter where the ball is.