Real "Jump Ball" Yesterday

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

They have to be in the center circle so that they may jump. But if one player chooses not to jump, as long as he is in the circle, and does not catch the tip, he's good.

Man, that brings back memories. My Sr. year of High School, we did not really have a center - tallest kid was about 6'1" or 6'2" and could not jump to save his life, in a league where most schools had several guys 6'5" or above.

So I would be our "center" - at all of 5'8". I never jumped. I just tried to anticipate where the other center would tip it and react and get there to tip it away to one of our guys. Worked a few times...but the looks I would get from these 6'7" guys as I stepped into the circle was priceless.