No "No Long Switches" No More

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Freddy

First I heard of this was today when scanning the new issue of Referee magazine, p.30. Apparently, for those following Fed mechanics, we won't be saying "No Long Switches" anymore.

Quote, "With the new mechanic, instead of returning to the endline to administer the throw-in, the lead reports the foul and moves to the new lead or new center position, depending on where the foul was called. The backcourt endline throwin will be administered by the center or trail official."

Not sure I'll be discomforted by this.

Worked a camp with this earlier this year. It's to keep the T from having to run to the reporting area and then awkwardly go back to the backcourt endline.

Works well. No big deal. I'm sure it won't change what we do when we work 2-person -- we haven't long switched here in years, regardless of the book mechanic.