I learned to hold that arm up and avoid showing the charge signal for just a smidge. Then make eye contact with your P and get a nod or a point - it helps to avoid this. Again, like you, lesson learned the hard way! Good to pregame!

After all the woulda, shoulda, coulda, whose primary etc etc ........... when a blarge occurs it is a double foul. We try and stay in our primary and look to partner to communicate but these sometimes happen. Report the double foul and move on - always trying to improve.

I always pregame with my "outside" officials (C &T) to have delayed whistles on drives to the basket due to the instinct of the lead to signal. In this case the trail had NO BUSINESS taking that call, and if this is pregamed with someone who LISTENS to it, that shouldn't happen.

If the Trail was in position, the play was in his primary. The OP has stated he didn't know the trails positioning on this play.

If collision was outside the lane, then IMO yes, if it is in the paint then no. Either way there should have been some kind of eye contact and no "race to the table"

OP said it was outside the paint. But agree about eye contact. You need to know that what your partner is doing. Also, if I'm the calling official, I'm not taking my eyes off the players until I know my partner is monitoring them. I'm not going to zip to the table without any knowledge of what my partner is doing.

Here, we're taught to get ball side ASAP on this play. IOW, if I have time as lead to position myself for this play, I'll be on the ball side; 2 or 3 whistles.

If T is in position on this play, it's his call.

C needs to be in position. The other thing we're taught is that if L can't get ball side in time, it's C's call in 3 whistle.

That's not something I'd thought of, but something I'll definitely keep in mind.

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