How high do you work?

[tharbert]

It's a matter of comfort level. I'm pretty fast so I follow plays aggresively. I will go close to midcourt as trail to follow presses on the weak side backcourt. Once the players are on the frontcourt, the only time I come that far out is if I step into the backcourt to cover a high weak side trap. Lead should have worked himself out to the sideline too to cover out-of-bounds.

The further out on the court you feel you have to go, the higher you should work in order to avoid incidences like the one you encountered.

You could pregame a situation like this...or you could just beat feat down as best you can and get back in position. Either way, you will be out of sync with your partner especially if he/she doen't pick up the switch quickly. I don't recomend getting all the way to midcourt unless lead has eight in the paint and you have two hacking and whacking in your AOR.