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I understand that. My question is why mirror at all in 3-person but not in 2-person? Does the trail block the clock operator from seeing the lead?
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He answered your question. The Trail and Lead are on the same side of the court. In 2-man mechanics, the Trail would have a hard time seeing when the ball is touched in the corner right in front of the Lead. Not so in 3-man.
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A little preventive officiating can help with throw-ins. If you know the defense will pressure the thrower, remind the defender "don't reach through" along with reminding the thrower "you've got a spot".
At T on a free throw, I do all of my "hand work" with the same hand. Count with the outside hand until the throw is released (after that, there is no need to count), then raise that hand to prepare to chop the clock. To be honest, though, there is so much to watch and think about during a free throw that while it looks like I'm counting...I'm really only flicking my wrist while thinking about all the things that are likely to occur (of which the thrower going past 10 isn't one) 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. In 2 person the T does not normally chop the clock. However, if the situation warrants, you can certainly do it. I had an end of game situation Saturday where during a time out the clock operator specifically asked the L to "clearly chop". The throw-in was on the end line on the non-table side of the court. My partner and I decided that to accommodate the timer (and in doing so help ourselves) the T would mirror the chop. Unusual, but effective. As for the "box out" that doesn't allow the shooter to land, I had one of those in a men's game last night. If it had happened in a women's game, the result would not have been so painful and the shooter would not have been walking so gingerly. The answer to the fouler's question was simple, "You have to let the shooter land".
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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.
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I disagree. We've had the trail chop in time in my area in 2 person and had no problems doing so. It's not hard to see out of one's peripheral vision and see when the ball is touched. One doesn't have to be ball watching to see this.
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