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Off-ball officiating must be at a premium when you're officiating in the low post. Usually when the post players are trying to establish position they will use lower body bumps, arm swim moves, and their non-extended arm to gain position and some jujitsu-type arm moves. Especially, when the ball reverses and a re-post occurs. If you're not watching what is going on off ball, then when ball goes back into the post you may notice that players are already tangled up and flailing over each other. I watch for
1) tendencies to initiate swim moves and lock up arms.
2) tendencies to reach outside of their "cylinder" space to thwart the defender
3) the "I've got my arms straight up" --but you're bumping your lower body into the shooter/rebounder--type of motion.
It may test your "whistle patience" to see how much rope you're giving the post players prior to calling a foul in order to calibrate your own self for making consistent calls in the post.
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