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Originally posted by bigwhistle
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by bigwhistle
First of all, if you were T and then there was a steal going the other way, you don't have a sideline for the players to be going toward. You have an endline only, since you are now the new L. It is important to remember whose responsibilities are where.
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I'll disagree....The new lead should continue to cover the sideline until the new trail is in position to cover the line. The new trail rarely picks up on a steal the instant it happens and is often not in a position to cover the line if they are covering the post action. It's only for a couple of seconds but the new lead can't leave the line uncovered just because the new trail has responsibility.
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Cameron,
Maybe it is just a matter of semantics, but the T becoming new L does not have that responsibility. His responsibility is the baseline. That being said, there is nothing wrong with him "giving assistance" to the new T until the new T gets into a position where he can cover his area of responsibility.
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bigwhistle,
I believe, in this transition, the New Lead must be responsible for the side line in front of him until he gets to the endline, and until New Trail is solidly in position. There should be a shared responsiblility for that long transition side line, and, too, we cannot expect the New Lead to cover the ball and the sideline behind him.
The sideline behind New Lead has to belong to New Trail who had absolutely nothing else to do during that play but to "mop up". What else is the New Trail to do?
New Trail (as Lead) was on ball when the initial attack was made on B2. New Trail already was in the area of the two players going out of bounds, and New Trail had to be closing on those two players as he made his transition.
If the New Lead hesitates to check out the result of contact on the side line, then the Center sure as heck has his hands full.
mick