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SYMBOL EXPLANATION

Reporting referee indicated by the frame colour
(T=green, L=blue, C=red)

Player A1 (offensive player), B1 (defensive player)

Dribble

2.3 GENERAL COURT POSITIONS

Target: Understand the basic court positions of Trail, Lead and Centre in 3PO, and positions before the
game and during the time-outs.
Let’s start with some key terms regarding the court positions.

TERM EXPLANATION
Strong side –refereeing (SSR) Side of the court where the Lead & Trail referees are located (in 3PO).
Weak side – refereeing (WSR) Side of the court where the Centre referee is located (in 3PO).
Ball-side (BS) This refers to the position of the ball. When the playing court is divided
by an imaginary line extending from basket to basket, the side of the
playing court on which the ball is located is called the “ball-side”.
Help side (HSB) The half of the front court opposite to where the ball is located.

Table side (TS) This refers to the side of the playing court which is closest to the
scorer’s table.
Opposite side (OPS) This refers to the side of the playing court which is furthest away from
the scorer’s table.
Trail (T) The Trail is the referee who is positioned approximately at the edge of
the team bench area nearer to the centre line and on the same side as
the L (always strong side) and who stands behind the play.
Lead (L) The Lead is the referee who is positioned at the endline. The Lead
should be always on the ball-side as much of possible (strong side).
Centre (C) The Centre is the referee who is positioned on the opposite side of the
frontcourt from the L (usually opposite ball-side) at the free-throw line
extended (set-up position). Depending on the location of the ball, C may
be on either side of the frontcourt. Standard working area for C is on the
court.

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