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Connecticut: The Land Of Two Person Officiating ...
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
Since the Lead is the calling official, he is following the path of the ball to see if it goes in the basket anyway.
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As the lead, we are taught to keep an eye on the fouler, to pick up his number to report, and the foulee, to be able to identify the free throw shooter. We only get a look at the basket with our peripheral vision. There are always a few plays each season where the lead needs help from the trail to be sure that the ball went in the basket. Eye contact becomes very important in these situations. In a simple non basket interference, non goaltending, call, the trail doesn't count the basket, he just informs the lead that the ball went in the hoop. The lead (calling) official will actually "count" the basket. Here, in my little corner of the Constitution State, lead officials are taught in the crib, maybe in the womb, to not look at the basket, and to keep their eyes down at all times.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Mon Mar 12, 2012 at 06:11am.
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