Home Position for Trail

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Freddy

An unannounced change included in the new NFHS Officials Manual:
Was: "Trail's home position is at or below the 28-foot line..."
Now: "Trail's home position is at or below the top of the 3-point arc extended..."

For those who naturally work deep as Trail anyway, this might be nothing earth-shaking. For those who hang around just over the division line, this has got to be a wakeup call to get in the game and get engaged in the frontcourt.

You whose states' approved mechanics are NFHS mechanics, do you have any thoughts on this change?

I wish they would have added "on the sideline" to the home position. Don't need Trails who are way out onto the court.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I wish they would have added "on the sideline" to the home position. Don't need Trails who are way out onto the court.

Ball lines, right BNR? Stay outside of 'em.

I love this wording change. Absolutely love it. Have been successfully employing this T position since a couple of D3 Supercamps a few years back. Works great. Keeps you engaged, and when you need to slide down to C, it's maybe a step and a half tops....so you're less likely to be moving when you need to be seeing a play. A stationary judgement is always preferred.




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[Raymond]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Ball lines, right BNR? Stay outside of 'em.

I love this wording change. Absolutely love it. Have been successfully employing this T position since a couple of D3 Supercamps a few years back. Works great. Keeps you engaged, and when you need to slide down to C, it's maybe a step and a half tops....so you're less likely to be moving when you need to be seeing a play. A stationary judgement is always preferred.

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It also helps in discouraging ball-watching as the ball goes away from the Trail to the Center's primary.