2-man frontcourt lines of responsibility

[zakman2005000]

Originally Posted by Kelvin green

We use this mechanic alot where I am at



I am going to disagree. If lead is watching off ball and ball is above FT line, Lead calling that sideline is nearly a guess. Trail has the ball and trail needs to work to get the angles to watch the ball in his/her primary. Trail can never hug the primary sideline and may be out there a ways in middle of court or back to get the angle.

If ball is above FT line and I have players in front of me in the low post, I am not going to give it up so I can somehow cover a side line when my partner is already watching the ball

Trail helps out with Lead's sideline even more when L goes strong side (see mechanics point of emphasis in mechanics manual)... Trail has to help with the whole sideline and three point shots. Never anything wrong with having Both officials on the same side of the floor.....

I don't disagree with what your saying, I'm just stating that the lead needs to be able to help out on the OOB calls where a foot may be on the line or any other such call where he/she may have a better angle. In other words, the more calls the trail can take, the better.