Communication Help

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If you're C, and this throw originates from your area, you could go ahead and call the violation. From L? I think you're stuck.

From the L, I think it is a 1 in a 100 or maybe a 1000 situation....and far more likely in 2-man....

If the ball absolutely came from your primary and was thrown directly into the backcourt without any possibility of it having been tipped by someone on the way there and the offensive team is clearly the first to get to the ball, I think the lead has to be willing to help if the trail (or center) doesn't get it. It is quite likely, if they were letting the lead cover their primary that they were not even looking at the ball (particularly 2-man, less so in 3-man).

That said, the trail should NEVER be indicating that it was tipped. They should call the play as it happens. The only time the tip signal should be used is after the play to communicate, perhaps to the coach, why the call was or was not made.