Thread: Long Switches
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Old Fri Dec 28, 2012, 01:02pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Rich View Post
It's not the distance. To me, there are switches that look/feel natural and those that look/feel forced.

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I'm happy to do either, but it just makes sense to me to not switch in this situation.

I get that this isn't a long switch -- not all goofy switches are long switches, IMO.
The point of switches is that it ensures that both teams get relatively the same coverage from each official through out the game. In 3-man, live ball rotations usually make that happen any way, however. But, in 2-man, if you didn't switch, you'd be lead for the same team for possibly the entire quarter/half.
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