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Your Opinion Sought: "Strong Side"
Particularly for the 3-person system, what do you consider the best working definition of the term "Strong Side"?
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Two-Person or Three-Person: Strong Side is the side of the court on which the Lead is. That has always been the definition of Strong Side.
MTD, Sr.
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn. Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn. Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials Ohio High School Athletic Association Toledo, Ohio |
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Is s/he "stopping the rotation" or "pinching the paint?"
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Connecticut ...
Connecticut is still, for the most part, a two person state. While I’ve observed dozens of three person games, I’ve only worked two actual three person games, attended only one three person workshop, and worked a few three person scrimmages.
Keeping that in mind, here's my two cents. Until Freddy's recent Forum post, I’ve only heard the term “strong side” as a basketball coach, not as an official. I coached middle school basketball for over twenty-five years and attended many coaching workshops, including those with college coach presenters, and the term “strong side” always meant the side of the court with the ball. The very first time I heard it we were instructed to imagine a string tied to one basket ring and stretched across the length of the court and tied to the other basket ring. If the ball was one side of this string, that was the “strong side”. As a basketball official (99% two person) I’ve always been taught that the side of the court with the ball was called the “ball side”. The "string" is called the "basket line". In a two person game this was almost always in regard to the lead moving across the lane to help with matchups on the “ball side”. That’s my Connecticut coaching and officiating (two person) side of story and I’m sticking to it. I really can't offer anything else of value to Freddy's three person question, other than don't confuse coaching language with officiating language. ![]()
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Thanx to all who offered legitimate responses.
Looks like I'm being won over. Where oh where did I pick up the concept that Strong Side is the side of the court that, by virtue of the on-ball competitive matchup and player population on Center's side of the floor, prompts Lead to rotate across to put two officials on that side because Center can't officiate all that's there him/herself. Strong Side = a condition we respond to, rather than a condition we create. Based on the responses here and elsewhere, it appears I might be wrong. I just can't track it down where I got that idea from. Any guesses?
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