New mechanics changes for High school Basketball!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Did you drive a Cadillac? When I first started working middle school games while in college, we did this. By the time I started back up again a few years later, it was gone along with players entering the lane on the release.

I believe that in my 28 years of using mostly NFHS mechanics, and more recently, IAABO mechanics, I have gone from foul shot lane rebounders leaving on the hit, changing to on the release, and now back to the hit. I keep waiting for it to change again. We already use the release for our high school private prep school games, I'm sure the public schools, and Catholic schools, will eventually follow suit.

And, yes, I do remember the Cadillac position, and I also remember working opposite. The trail was responsible to get us back to Cadillac from working opposite. Some partners weren't in a hurry as the trail, and other partners moved back to Cadillac within seconds. I guess working opposite was out of their comfort range.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I believe that in my 28 years of using mostly NFHS mechanics, and more recently, IAABO mechanics, I have gone from foul shot lane rebounders leaving on the hit, changing to on the release, and now back to the hit. I keep waiting for it to change again. We already use the release for our high school private prep school games, I'm sure the public schools, and Catholic schools, will eventually follow suit.

And, yes, I do remember the Cadillac position, and I also remember working opposite. The trail was responsible to get us back to Cadillac from working opposite. Some partners weren't in a hurry as the trail, and other partners moved back to Cadillac within seconds. I guess working opposite was out of their comfort range.

Billy:

I am remember working Cadillac. Welcome to the bald old geezers club, .

MTD, Sr.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Billy:

I am remember working Cadillac. Welcome to the bald old geezers club, .

MTD, Sr.

Never called it 'Cadillac' but I am assuming you refer to the diagonal that split the frontcourt into 2 zones of PCA.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Never called it 'Cadillac' but I am assuming you refer to the diagonal that split the frontcourt into 2 zones of PCA.

No, that is not Cadillac.

In the ancient days of two-man mechanics, when the team shooting at the basket to the right of the scorer's table had the ball, the L would be table-side and the T would be opposite the table and when the team shooting at the basket to the left of the scorer's table had the ball, the T would be table-side and the L would be opposite the table: This was called Cadillac (also call right-handed mechanics) whenever a throw-in (or a jump ball) required the officials to officiate using left-handed (opposite of Cadillac) mechanics the T would iniate a switch once all ten (10) players where in the front court and the ball was in the mid-court (look up that definition in your Funk & Wagnals, ) area. In either case, court coverage in the front court was defined by the Block and L.

MTD, Sr.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

No, that is not Cadillac.

In the ancient days of two-man mechanics, when the team shooting at the basket to the right of the scorer's table had the ball, the L would be table-side and the T would be opposite the table and when the team shooting at the basket to the left of the scorer's table had the ball, the T would be table-side and the L would be opposite the table: This was called Cadillac (also call right-handed mechanics) whenever a throw-in (or a jump ball) required the officials to officiate using left-handed (opposite of Cadillac) mechanics the T would iniate a switch once all ten (10) players where in the front court and the ball was in the mid-court (look up that definition in your Funk & Wagnals, ) area. In either case, court coverage in the front court was defined by the Block and L.

MTD, Sr.

The term 'right-handed mechanics' I remember. It was one of those things I had to unlearn after taking 26 years off.

[dbking]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Billy:

I am remember working Cadillac. Welcome to the bald old geezers club, .

MTD, Sr.

Do you think that we should call it Toyota/Lexus now? General Motors had 50% market share at that time. Now Toyota has the premier market share number and there top of the line is Lexus.