Thread: Long Switches
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Old Fri Dec 28, 2012, 06:08pm
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Let's say I buy what you're selling: Why don't we switch then on shooting fouls where the trail makes the call?
We (in Oregon) do. Our state rejected the NFHS change on that mechanic. Word has is that the NFHS committee never voted on that particular change but it somehow made into the final list of changes.

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We switch often enough. No reason to do so on long switches and on switches where things feel forced. Leave it up to the crew to decide which switches make sense and which ones don't.
I don't disagree, but it is probably a lot easier to teach that we switch on all fouls rather than try to define all the possible things that could be a long switch.
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