Got some unexpected time off this morning. For some reason, I'm not scheduled to work till 2:30. So I'm wolfing down an early lunch and checking the board. Then I'll head out and observe the game before mine. Anyway. . .
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Originally posted by mick
What does "SBQ" mean?
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SBQ stands for "speed, balance, quickness" and it's an NBA guideline for officials to judge handchecking. If the handcheck takes away the ballhandler's speed, puts him off balance, or takes away his first step, then it needs a whistle. It's basically a slightly more detailed way of judging advantage/disadvantage. I've mentioned it a few times previously in a couple of old threads. It's an NBA-ism, but it's helped me tremendously over the last 2 seasons.
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How deep did the evaluator want you? How Deep do you want to be?
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Well, I'm used to working a little deep, maybe 3-4 feet off the endline as Lead. In a lot of my local high schools, and a coule of the colleges, that's all you can get. So I started about 3 feet deep, then when I closed down to the lane line, I took a stride back, putting me maybe 5-6 feet off the endline.
But apparently, they're only talking about getting a TOTAL of 3-4 feet off the endline. They assume (b/c in the NBA you've got fans and photographers very close to the playing court) that the official will be standing nearly on the baseline normally. So it becomes imperative to get that 3 or 4 feet when you get close to the lane.
That's fine, but since I'm normally 3-4 feet back anyway, I'll just close down and already be in the prescribed position.
By the way, I talked to Ronnie Nunn this morning about our bad "crew dynamics" last night. I asked what I can do to strengthen the crew's performance in a situation like that. He said go back to basics: mechanics, position, floor coverage. Focus on those three things to bring yourself back into the game. Then at a TO, one of the crew members has to address it and try to bring everybody to focus better. We didn't do that. Ok, that's it for this morning. Off to get a quick bite.
Hope everybody's having a great weekend.