Court positioning
 

Wanted to get everybodies opinion on this. As the L which is prefered, to be out wide where you see all the action and perephial vision, or be right in front of a play in the key and constantly moving as an official. Several people had told me they prefer to be out wide, a veteran in our association who is about 40 tells us the opposite. This would be for 2 man. Me personally, I kinda let the play dictate how I am going to position myself.

Stay wide when you can. Close in when necessary to get the proper angle and to avoid being straightlined.

A lot more is missed from being too close than from being too far away.

The phrase is "move to improve." Move to get the best angle and view of the play.

Yes.

It depends on the play.

Mirror the ball.

Mow the grass.

Move to improve.

Move with a purpose.

Go where you need to be to see the play.

IOW, don't just stand in one spot, and don't move jsut for the sake of moving.

What Bob said... Never heard 'Mow the grass' though.


Just from a personal perspective. The majority of the gyms I work have a wall close to the endline so I have gotten used to being near the endline as lead. When I go to a gym with a lot of space, I have to think about backing up to use the space and often do not just because I have trouble breaking out of my 'normal' Lead routine.

Mow the grass?

Move back and forth along the endline.

don't get caught in the quicksand either.

Right, but you can pinch the paint.

I've found that some games I can see all I need to see from out wide. Other games, I end up looking at backs, unable to see much of anything in the paint from out there. It's good, I think, to have a preferred way to cover plays. But when your preferred method isn't working, you have to go where you need to go to see what you need to see.