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L in Three-Person "Reaching Across the Lane"???
More and more, while both doing games and observing/critiquing and taking video of crews, I'm noticing that the L in three-man has the frequent tendency to "reach across the lane" to call illegal contact fouls on the players defending shooters who come into the lane opposite L's area.
I can understand the good look the L gets on block/charge calls, since, though the drive may have originated in C's area, L is likely to have had the best view of a defender setting up in LGP. However, I'm not convinced L has the best look at illegal contact fouls when involving a shooter advancing toward and encountering a defender in the other side of the lane. Yet it's become common for L to take this call, almost as if L is importing two-person coverage area principles into three-person. The accuracy of the calls/no calls that are occurring when the L is the one calling "across the lane" instead of C on these sorts of plays is what I am calling into question. Do you sense the same tendency? Is this a valid concern? Do you pregame this situation? Should I take up volleyball instead? Your seasoned comments and insights are appreciated. (I'm waiting to ingest your feedback before including it on the agenda of an upcoming rules meeting)
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Making Every Effort to Be in the Right Place at the Right Time, Looking at the Right Thing to Make the Right Call Last edited by Freddy; Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 08:54am. |
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