Rookie Official Question

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Spence

You are correct in my reason for questioning being both jump ball and afterwards.

FT: 2-man - what determines the positioning of the lead and trail in regards to sideline? Trail always opposite table? Give me some examples of when a FT may require switching sides.

Correct. On FT's the L will be table side, the T will be opposite.

What I meant when I said "Free throw administration may require the officials to change sides from where they were" was that if you were T opposite, and there is a foul with free throws, you'll become the L table side (you will have changed sides, and thus sidelines). Same if you were L table side, you'd go to T opposite (again changing sides and sidelines). Nothing mysterious there.

Perhaps an easier way to say it would be simply this: No matter which sideline you are on, a free throw, a throw-in, or a jump ball may require you to change sides in order to administer it.