what do you call this signal?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Yes, that referes to the mechanics last used in about 1994 or so where the officials would always shift to get lead and trail on a specific side of the lane. This was for 2-person mechanics...not sure what 3-person did at the time.

The lane would be to the right of each official from each official's view. Even if the throwin was such that it would put the officials opposite sides, they would, during a live ball, rotate with the lead crossing the lane to the other side and the trail crossing across the top to get back to the Cadillac position. That rotation was triggered by the trail, IIRC. This was for 2-person mechanics...not sure what 3-person did at the time.

I believe there was some though that, since there were far more right handed players than left handed players, more drives came down the right side of the lane and it put the lead in a better position to see those drives. In the past, perhaps that was the case, but now players at the HS level are more equally adept at driving using either hand to dribble in.