How do you know?

[stripes]

Ray--I reffed a game with my brother last night and this subject came up in the pre-game. He said that if his partner has had a few calls of one sort (i.e. traveling) and he has had none, he will ask what the partner is seeing that he is missing. This all presupposes that the partners are working in their own areas and are not looking into their partner's area.

Similar plays being called similar is the key I look for, but honestly, I don't know much about what my partner has called without video review/outside observation.

[fiasco]

I know it's a prescribed mechanic, but I almost never stand where they tell you to stand during timeouts and between quarters.

I use those times as opportunities to talk to my partner. It's not like we're goofing off and looking bad, we're communicating.

The most frequent question I ask my partner is "What are you seeing out there."

Then, you talk about what each other is seeing.

"I'm seeing a lot of handchecking on the perimeter by white."

"Blue is really pushing in the back on rebounds."

"Red is not setting good screens."

Then we come to a decision about what we're going to do about it.

"Let's start tightening up our handchecking calls on white."

"Let's watch for excessive contact on rebounds. If you're Trail, feel free to look in the lane on rebounds to find something I can't see if I'm blocked out."

"Let's pay special attention to screens by Red and make sure they're setting them legally."

We come out of timeouts and quarters on the same page about the things that coaches have brought up and that we're seeing.

If I have a partner who won't communicate with me, then it's GIGDGO.

[stripes]

Originally Posted by fiasco

If you're Trail, feel free to look in the lane on rebounds to find something I can't see if I'm blocked out."

Isn't this supposed to happen all the time? IMO, most of the rebound foul calls will come from C and T, not L.