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two man chop?
Rarely do any two man varsity in my area, but had a few two man tournament games over holidays. Does trail chop clock only in three man? I was surprised to hear from a partner in a two man game that I didn't need to chop.
Is he correct??? Doesn't make sense to me. I must confess my two man mechanics are weak. |
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The trail mirror chop mechanic (front court, three man only) was instituted a year or two ago. Someone should be along soon with a page reference in the Officials Manual. I think I saw a reference in an earlier thread.
I believe the reasoning was to make it more visible to the timekeeper for starting the clock. Personally, I'm not sure it's really necessary but I try to comply. A lot of veterans I know tend to ignore it.
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Our timer today rarely listened. We must've put time on the clock at least 5 times today. I do like the mechanic. It would be tougher with two, but it could occur. I wouldn't mind it. Especially, if they coupled it with coaches only requesting TO during a dead ball.
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My records show it as a Mechanics Change for the 2009-2010 season and for the reasons as discussed - to help the timer with "sightlines" especially when the ball is in the corner.
I must confess, as the T, I always chopt it now - regardless if it's two or three person.
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I did it tonight as T in two-person. About 90% of the throw-ins were to my area anyway.
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Makes no sense.............I'll continue to chop as I have one or two small school two man games and want to be consistent.
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In my area we've been instructed to mirror the chop when at trail in 2 whistle.
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I always thought that the reason FED didn't want the T to chop in two person was that the trail official has a different coverage area and if he/she had their attention on the ball, they would miss the off ball illegal stuff.
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The same is true in 3-person.
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Except that in 2-person if BOTH officials are watching the ball, there is NO ONE left to watch off ball. At least in 3-person, we still have ONE person focused completely off-ball.
Personally, I don't have a problem with the trail chopping (in either case) for sight line purposes. However, I think if NFHS wants the trail to be watching to chop, I think that the trail should have 100% of the responsibility for starting the clock. In the event that the pass is tipped by the inbound-defender, the lead could give the infamous "foul tip signal" to indicate to the trail that the clock should be started. I think this current mechanic (especially if done in 2-person) causes too many eyes to be on the ball and not enough (in the case of 2-person -- NONE) eyes off of the ball. Just my humble opinion..... |
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