Astute Coach …

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

All those words are going to distract you during a game.

While "distracting" is a strong word, I'll have to answer "Somewhat" based on my first eleven games.

I thought that it would be easier, but me and my partners have had to "re-adjust" the throwin spot several times in each game. Some times instinctively going to the closest spot (as I've been doing for forty-plus years), and then realizing that we have to move it to one of the four spots based on the new rule. Or, seldom, wanting to go to one of the four spots (possibly after a timeout) but then realizing that it was originally an out of bounds violation, and move it to the closest spot to the out of bounds violation.

Not just me, but all of my partners, and everybody else I've observed so far this year.

I'll get it eventually. It only took me a month to get use to two hand reporting. However, it's been a few years and I'm still stopping the clock for held balls with a "jump ball" signal instead of an open hand first.

Old dog (very old), new tricks.

And I still contend that the new rule isn't "simpler" than the old rule. What's simpler than closest spot?