Simply But Yet so Hard..sometimes

[maven]

1. Mechanics: get an angle, be in the right place to see the play. That doesn't guarantee you'll see it, but it improves the odds and is one less ground for complaint.

2. Coverage: if you're off ball and it shoots out past you, get help. Don't ball watch because you might miss an OOB.

3. Call: For NFHS, at least, use the stop clock mechanic. This gives your brain a moment to process what you've seen. Point and announce the color: if they don't match, again, you'll have a moment to process what's right. Slow down your calling and you'll make fewer mistakes.

4. Help: if a partner comes to you with info, take it, change the call, and move on. You should pre-game that nobody corrects an OOB unless they're 100% certain. Plus, now coach can go talk to your partner.

5. Coaches: they don't get a long conversation about OOB calls. "Coach, I had it off white's foot. Let's go." It's a judgment call, and they don't get to argue it. If they persist, I use a simple "You might have seen it differently, but that's enough, coach." (I might converse more about block/charge because somebody gets a foul toward their 5 for that one.)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by maven

5. Coaches: they don't get a long conversation about OOB calls. "Coach, I had it off white's foot. Let's go." It's a judgment call, and they don't get to argue it. If they persist, I use a simple "You might have seen it differently, but that's enough, coach." (I might converse more about block/charge because somebody gets a foul toward their 5 for that one.)

I better be standing right next to a coach to even have much of any conversation with a coach about and OOB call.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I better be standing right next to a coach to even have much of any conversation with a coach about and OOB call.

Peace

I've only given a T once when a coach argued about an OOB call. In an AAU game. We had the same angle on the play (I was standing in his coaching box), and he wouldn't drop it.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Adam

I was standing in his coaching box

Whose coaching box??

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Whose coaching box??

I knew someone would say something, I only used "his" to indicate which box I was in.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Adam

I knew someone would say something, I only used "his" to indicate which box I was in.

I tell new guys, "It's not his box. It's MY box. I let him use it if he behaves."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I tell new guys, "It's not his box. It's MY box. I let him use it if he behaves."

I always refer to it as "the coaching box" for the same reason.