Partner coverage

[Rich]

I'm not happy when my partner jumps into my primary (unless it is something that I didn't see or get), but for the most part I've not let it bother me.

Tuesday night I worked with a partner who I never worked with before. Ball driven down the lane and we have a double whistle on a foul from behind. He comes in strongas trail and scores the basket, even though this was in my primary and really came from my primary.

I dropped my fist and went on with life. After the game he mentioned that he didn't think I'd get it since it was from behind.

Most of the time the double whistles aren't a big deal. It's the ones where the action is blatantly out of the primary (like if I'm L in the corner 2-whistle and the trail calls a foul in my corner) and it's clear that the partner isn't caring about anything except the ball. Then I worry and start thinking about looking more out of my primary to cover him and then we're all in trouble.