Block/PC + a little help? (Video)

[jeschmit]

Here's my take on it.

Yes, we all need fists up on fouls. I am one of the worst at this, and I've been working on it this summer at camps... Tough to do in the heat of the moment though.

Why is the lead so deep? He's way to far off of the endline in my opinion. Yes, I think we need to do what we can when we're in tight quarters on the endline, but this is a little much. He should probably be on the edge of the paint for the letters to be in a better position.

This is a tough play for all three positions, however the center has the best look at it. This is a prime example of being able to referee your primary while being aware of your secondary. If the center was able to recognize his next competitive matchup, he'd probably have a whistle on this play because...

This is another play where the center should know that the lead and trail are not in a good position to accurately call this play. The lead had on-ball in the corner and picking up the secondary defender is tough for them in this play. I feel that the trail was probably straightlined on this play by the way it curled around. A good center on this play would realize this and would come get it.

I'm not going to discuss the block/charge because I can see arguments on both sides of it. I am glad however that there was a whistle on this play, as if there wasn't one, it would've been an elephant that the crew would've missed!

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I know NCAA-W's mechanics wants the Trail to take a crack at this, but this is absolutely the C's play. He only has two players in his area and is the only person on the crew who can tell if the defender has LGP before upward motion/offensive players leaves the floor.

It isn't that the C can't take it under our mechanics. I'm sure any supervisor would say whoever can see it should call it. A whistle with an incorrect call on a play like this is better than no whistle at all so someone needed to pull the trigger.

Originally Posted by jeschmit

Yes, we all need fists up on fouls. I am one of the worst at this, and I've been working on it this summer at camps... Tough to do in the heat of the moment though.

I felt some comfort at the Big East/AAC camp when pretty much every observer there said they're probably going to have lots of trouble following the "fist up" mandate. They all said they're going to have to break some longtime habits. Of course, having Debbie Williamson as their supervisor now might make the habit-breaking go a little bit faster...