3 man

[Mike Burns]

Originally posted by bigwhistle
If you are getting confused on where you go after you call a foul, espicially fouls going the other way, try this. Think of the floor as one huge front court. After you call the foul, you will go opposite the table. If there is not a T that will have to bump you in order to inbound the ball, then you will be the T or C opposite the table. If after you call the foul, there is someone who will need to bump you in order to inbound the ball, you will be the L opposite bench.

If the inbounds spot is table side, you will always be C after calling the foul. If the inbounds spot is opposite, that is when you have to consider whether or not you will be inbounding the ball.

Excellant explaination! I did quite a bit of 3-whistle this summer at a city league (6 games a week for 6 weeks). It took a couple of weeks before I felt comfortable. It is true that once you get into the flow it becomes easier and you find yourself going to the right spot on the floor or rotating at the right time. More than once I found myself being out of position, but my partners and I were the only ones that knew it.

I found that thinking of the floor in the terms described by Bigwhistle helped in knowing where to go after reporting. I would always go opposite the table first, and then if the ball is going the other way, rotate to the new position.

Mike

[Edited by Mike Burns on Nov 13th, 2001 at 02:33 PM]