Ball Watcher

[FrankHtown]

That's a tough one. One of the first giveaways that your partner is ball watching is when you are trail, and a 3-point attempt goes up from the top of the key, and you notice your partner signalling a 3 point attempt also. Usually at the first chance, I'll try to remind him we don't need both of us watching the shooter, and I need he/she to be watching the rebounding action. Sort of a subtle hint to be off ball.

Of couse, once I had a partner who was Lead, I was trail, and the ball just comes over the division line. Whistle. Partner calls a double dribble from the baseline. Well, I thought maybe I was screened and missed it. At a timeout I asked him what he saw. His answer was I need to be faster on my whistle and catch those violations. I thanked him for his advice, and told him I'd try to do better. My only thought after that was get in, get done, get out.