When to give your partner

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by rfp
At what point does a partner volunteer help?

He/she should only do that when he/she clearly did not see the play. That especially can happen when the ball did not originate from their primary coverage area. But there is no one size fits all situations.

Originally posted by rfp
If I run over and quietly offer my view of what happened to him, I run the risk of showing him up. If I don't offer what I saw, good chance the wrong call gets made.

Why would you be showing him up? If you discuss these kinds of situations in your pregame with your partners, no one should feel upset about what you do after you come to him/her. I just would not make a habit of coming to your partner on every out of bounds call. You better be 1000% sure he got it wrong. If there is any doubt, stick with his/her call.

Peace