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Old Tue Dec 14, 2010, 01:30pm
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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.
Eh, I don't buy that one. I'm not looking directly at it -- I can sense or see via peripheral vision when the ball's been touched. It would be just as easy to mirror as the T 2-person as it is as the T 3-person.
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Old Tue Dec 14, 2010, 01:44pm
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
I admire the simplicity of your math
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