To Reach or Not To Reach, that is the question...

[zeedonk]

In our neck of the woods it matters in a 3p game in terms of who gets first crack at the call in the paint- L or C.

For example, L has A1 in his PCA who pulls up and passes to A2 in the lane. As Team B defenders attempt to defend, A2 takes one dribble directly down the middle of the lane and jumps to the far side of the lane from L and lays the ball in off the glass. As we are taught in NJ that a foul call on the layup should be primarily from the C (as the shot was taken in C's half of the lane), this is why I say I'm still working on noticing that... because if I'm C- it's my call and if I'm L, I'm supposed to give C first crack, but double whistle here is OK, we'll just let C take it if that happens.

I believe, but am not certain, that we give up the play to our partner that starts in our PCA and moves to another area- A1 begins a dribble in L's PCA and goes across the lane for a turnaround J- once that ball goes over the middle of the lane- it's C's call (primarily of course). This falls under the "trust your partner" theory, which is great if you trust your partner, not so great otherwise.

And if A2 continues down the middle and drops it in over the front of the rim, either L or C can take any foul. And YES! even T can come get it too if need be...

See, I'm learning!

Z