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Originally Posted by NewNCref
Okay, since there's some sort of D-3 Supercamp / ODAC party going on here, I decided to finally log in again and post something.
There are two ball lines at any given time. The first ball line passes through the ball and is parallel to the end line (this is what CC5 is referring to as the lateral ball line). The second passes through the ball and is parallel to the sideline. The goal is always to stay outside of the ball lines, but as CC5 points out, when the lateral ball line moves towards the baseline, so should the T.
In the C, "open high" means to step away from the baseline and referee that play from the top side. "Open low" means to step down towards the baseline, and referee that play from the bottom side.
Brief fanboy mode: I agree with others here that I wasn't totally on board with this the first time I learned it. But I'll be damned if I didn't get more plays right when I started applying their court coverage and rotation philosophies.
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So, what you are saying is that these are the same things many of us have been doing for years but someone has given them new words so that it sounds like some great new technique. In 5 or 6 years expect someone to coin another term for this and make it sound like something new and then use it to make those who don't know the new lingo sound like they are not keeping up with the "changes" in mechanics.