3 man mechanics

[RollTide]

Notice how many times when you're in the C position, defense grabs the rebound and heads up court, and, guess what you'll do??

Start the 10 second count. Simply because you see the new L in front of you, your reflexes will start the count, lol.

Not that it's a big deal, because, more than likely, after 1 or 2 arm signals, you'll notice the T behind you has the count going and you'll let it go.

My best advice is Slow Down, don't overthink, you'll learn a lot just by picking up on your partners. As Z said earlier, don't forget to blow your whistle. Because, sometimes we worry so much about primaries, am I in the right position, watching for partners rotating, if I'm L should I rotate (cross the lane), etc. Relax and Have Fun

One more bit of advice, when you're the L official, DON'T LOOK UP. Let the C and T officials watch for fouls up top while shooting, 'over the back' fouls, free throws not hitting the rim, ball bounding over the backboard, hitting the supports, etc. As Lead, you will be concentrating on body contact fouls.

From my experience (and from listening to our state evaluators, veterans, college level officials, etc), one of the main responsibilities of the L official is to keep the rotation in order so our partners stay in position to referee and call the fouls.