Over the years, I've developed some guidelines I use for calling out of my area. The first thing I consider is the experience level of my partner and the type of league (summer, regular season, etc). Next would be the type of call.
If my partner is experienced, I probably won't call out of my area unless I see a kid get clobbered and also notice my partner was tying his shoe at the time.
I learned the hard way that most of the time you take a call away from you partner that was really his, he saw something that caused him to make the call (or non-call) the way he did. Plus - the more you call outside your area, it means the more you are looking outside you area and that's not your job.
Whenever I have a pregame, I always let my partner know I encourage and expect him to make an obvious call in my area if he is positive I blew it, but that I would expect it to be an "OHMYGOD". You know - the kind of foul where everyone in the gym goes "OHMYGOD".
BTW - speaking of areas, I did 4 games this past weekend with Juulie (rainmaker) and we only had one double whistle, and that was on a travel where the ball handler was moving from one area into the other. That's the way it's supposed to be.
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Wed May 16, 2001, 01:25pm
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