| Camron Rust |
Tue Dec 14, 2010 05:40pm |
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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
(Post 707426)
As T in back court in 2 person you want to mentally divide the court into "vertical thirds". You don't want to be farther from the play than the adjacent third. So if the ball goes into the "far" third, you should be at least in the middle third. If it's in the middle third, you can be in the "near" third or the middle third, wherever you'll get the best angle on the play and can still get to the next likely play.
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I've got a much simpler rule of thumb that works for both lead and trail, frontcourt or backcourt....
Never be more than approximately one half the width of the court from the imaginary line that goes through the ball from endline to endline. When the ball is at the far sideline...whether it is in the trails primary or not, that will put the trail near the center of the court. It means that the lead will cross the paint when the ball is at the far sideline. It works 100% of the time when the ball is in your primary and works 99% of the time when it is not. Of course, you can certainly move closer than 1/2 the court width when the ball is on your side. |
