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Originally Posted by jpgc99
If you run to the proper spot on the floor, you should be in a good position to officiate the play. Hustle more on the front side of the play, and limit your movement once you are there.
I've been watching the NBA officials more closely this year and am impressed by how well they do this. Watch them and copy their movement.
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Originally Posted by ballgame99
Get to your spot and set up. If you need to move to improve your angle, do so in short quick bursts, and don't peek around the corner!
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+1 on both comments. Goes back to the discussion a few weeks ago about ball lines and opening low/high. The bottom line is that in this day in age, with players as mobile and athletic as they are, I believe we're seeing a paradigm shift about "getting angles." Before we needed to move a lot to get them. These days, the angles come to you, so you're better off being static, and possible making a subtle step here or there, but that's it. Now, granted, in a two-person game, you have more to cover, so you may need to move a
little more, especially as lead.
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Originally Posted by MechanicGuy
Get the number of the fouling player before taking off. I've always thought looking back at the play looks bad.
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Great point. When you have to look back, it's a tell. The same way checking your hole cards a second time is a tell in a game of Texas Hold'em.