New Two Person rotation?

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The new mechanic is that calling official remains table-side.

Switching means switching lead and trail. It doesn't matter what side of the court the officials end up on.

The only thing that has changed is that the calling official will alway be the trail if free throws are awarded. If there are no free throws then the officials should switch.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Switching means switching lead and trail. It doesn't matter what side of the court the officials end up on.

The only thing that has changed is that the calling official will alway be the trail if free throws are awarded. If there are no free throws then the officials should switch.

Luke: I know exactly what switching is. The old mechanic was that officials switch on every foul. That is no longer the mechanic, which was my main point to Welpe.

[BillyMac]

Here in the Constitution State we use IAABO mechanics. IAABO has decided not to follow the NFHS mechanics change regarding not switching on shooting fouls, so we will switch on all fouls.

Oddly, for the past several years we had a "Connecticut only" (not in compliance with IAABO international mechanics) mechanic to not make any long switches in the backcourt where there was no change of possession, or direction, i.e., if a point guard was dribbling upcourt, in the backcourt, and a defensive player fouled the dribbler attempting a steal, then we didn't switch positions. The odd thing about this is that this season they took away the "no long switch" exception, and we will be switching on all fouls. I have no idea why the Connecticut interpreters changed back to switching all the time, maybe because some officials were getting lazy, or confused, and not switching when they were supposed to, like on a player control foul, or on some rebounding fouls.

[Welpe]

Here, we switch only on shooting fouls. The calling official will go to table-side trail.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Luke: I know exactly what switching is. The old mechanic was that officials switch on every foul. That is no longer the mechanic, which was my main point to Welpe.

Then you want to say that the calling official always becomes the trail official if there are free throws. Being table side or opposite doesn't have anything to do with switching.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Then you want to say that the calling official always becomes the trail official if there are free throws. Being table side or opposite doesn't have anything to do with switching.

The new mechanic entails that we no longer switch on every foul. Under the new mechanic if I'm trail and call a shooting foul, we won't switch. If I'm lead we will.

I generally know what I want to say and post accordingly, but thanks for participating.