New Men's Mechanic?

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am just telling you what I believe the mechanic book says, not what people actually are doing in some cases. We both know that those two things can be different.

Peace

I'm in the same boat. I'm not completely sure what the mechanic is "by book" either. I just know what the guys in my conference and other conferences around here do.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by zebraman

I'm in the same boat. I'm not completely sure what the mechanic is "by book" either. I just know what the guys in my conference and other conferences around here do.

I am out of town, so I will have to get home to review what the book says. But what we did around here (and I will be working in a new conference this year) was to have the lead bounce the ball on the sideline and the Trail did the counting and the chopping.

Peace

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Ok, it is time for me to go back in time about this mechanic. If anybody watched Big 10 basketball in the 1980's and 1990's, one could always tell the officials who had attended Phil Bova's Basketball Officiating Camp. Phil taught this mechanic at his camp even before the NBA adopted it. It just just now the the rest of college basketball is catching up to Phil Bova and what he taught in his camp.

MTD, Sr.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Phil taught this mechanic at his camp even before the NBA adopted it. It just just now the the rest of college basketball is catching up to Phil Bova and what he taught in his camp.

First of all, it's just now that MEN'S college basketball is doing this. The Women's officials have been doing it for several years.

Second, I looked the CCA Manual, and I can't find any reference to throw-in procedures for this situation. I also looked in the '05-'06 book (I don't have last year's) and there was no mention of it there, either. So I'm not exactly sure what we're supposed to do.

But, as I said earlier, in my games, the Lead bounces and then looks away. The Trail administers everything else.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by zebraman

I'm in the same boat. I'm not completely sure what the mechanic is "by book" either. I just know what the guys in my conference and other conferences around here do.

I just got home from being out of town. The reference given in the mechanics book is a bit confusing. I do not know how the lead and the trail are supposed to be focused on the thrower or the Trail is supposed to count and chop without the trail looking at the thrower.

The way we do it or it has been understood how we do it is the Lead bounces the ball and the Trail counts and chops while focusing on thrower. The Lead official concentrates on the post play or things in their area. At least that is how it was taught this summer.

Peace