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Diagram 29:
Quick drive/shot from the weak side and Lead is able to
abort and return back to referee.

3. Phase 3: Lead arrives to the ball side and Centre rotates to new Trail position
After Lead has completed the rotation, Centre is the last person to rotate to the new Trail position.

a. Coverage by Centre & Lead Centre will stay in centre position and referee the ball and any
play around it until Lead has completed the rotation and is ready to referee the play, and the
play is no longer active. Only after this Centre will move to the new Trail position (rotate). As
a result, there will always be two Centres momentarily.

b. Rotation by Centre to the Trail position When Centre moves up to the Trail position, this
movement should be backwards and facing the basket at all times (45*).

Diagram 30:
C will stay with the play until L has completed the
rotation and is ready to referee. Old C is always the last
one to move to the new T position (moving backwards)
and now the rotation is completed.
4. Misbalance – “partners do not pick-up” the rotation While it should be avoided, there will be
times when not all of the referees will be aware that there is a rotation in progress, and then a
change in the direction of play occurs. Where this occurs, the referees should not panic as there
are two options to adjust properly during a breakdown in the rotation while in transition.

a. Option 1: New Lead & Centre to look across at each other and use voice to correct the
imbalance (Diagram 31).

b. Option 2: New Trail looks up and fills the gap. This may mean running diagonally across the
court (Diagram 32).

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