Speaking of Visible Counts..Part 2

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

The NFHS official's manual for a crew of three officials used to say, "Each official has an area of primary coverage for fouls and violations on and off the ball in that area." Sounds to me like they want the Lead to take violations in the Lead's primary area.

That was a few years ago, though, and I don't have a current NFHS manual.

That is a stretch if you ask me. Also one of the problems with the NF Official's Manual is it is not very detailed. But unless someone tells you do, you should not be counting from the Lead position. For one the ball is not there very long. A count likely started outside of the Lead's area. And the Lead's primary is mostly for post players. If the ball is in the Lead's primary, chances are they are also watching the ball or other players around the ball. Of course, if you insist do it that way. I think it looks silly and is not a very good practice.

Peace