I'm on-ball

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by rockyroad
however, you also agree that you don't rotate and automatically pick the ball up

It's true that on the men's side it's possible to rotate and not pick up the ball. But that will be b/c the ball is not in your primary. In other words, you're rotating b/c the ball is high in the C's primary or the C has the ball and 8 players.

But when you rotate, IF the ball is in your new primary, you pick it up immediately.

- you stay on the post and when the ball comes in to the post, then you are on-ball.

One difference that we haven't talked about is that the Lead's primary area is much much bigger in Women's coverage than in Men's coverage. In Women's, you have to cover all the way to the sideline. We don't even have to cover all the way to the 3-point line. For men, if the ball is in the Lead's primary, then it pretty much is in or near the post already.

But I don't think that really makes a huge difference to the discussion. I still think that when you rotate, if the ball is in your primary, then you pick up on-ball coverage as soon as the rotation is completed. Similarly, if you're the Lead, then you pick up the ball as soon as it comes into your primary, and trust your partners to work off-ball.