put ball in play across the lane?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Is it sort of how things in the Chicago area are sometimes different?

Actually the very same things we do in Chicago are taught all across Illinois. Sorry, we are a state organization that teaches officials across the state the same basic things. We are not just a local association that is affiliated with some other organization that puts out information about what officials should or should not do mechanically.

This state and the clinicians who have to be registered and picked to do their jobs are instructed to teach the very same basic things across the state. So things like where you put the ball in play and who puts the ball in play is the same across the state. But just like anything in life with people of all kinds of skill and experience levels, people do many variations of mechanics or have different levels of understanding those mechanics just like we discuss here every day when it comes to coverages, who should make the call, double whistles, back court violation coverage, competitive match-ups and philosophy on when to blow the whistle and not when to blow the whistle.

I also can speak to this personally as I have worked in parts of Central Illinois and even parts of Southern Illinois as well as working the the Chicago land area which we have officials that do the exact same things without much confusion.

Peace