Trust your partner

t is amazing how the "basics" keep entering into the advice that we offer to encourage each other. Trust your partner, but open up your vision when action in your primary area is slow/nonexistent. This one fits with using good peripheral vision. Some other time we will discuss looking at your partner, but let's just quickly remind ourselves that seeing the whole game means seeing partner(s) and being partially aware of the action in their primary areas. That is true even if your central vision is correctly concentrating your attention on YOUR primary.

Also, it goes without saying that when 8 of the 10 players are in your partners' primary area, then YOUR primary area becomes part of theirs. Your primary area changes. Maybe it gets bigger. Remember, the pregame court divisions you agreed upon are only guide lines, and both (or all three) of the floor officials have to get the calls right.

Pay attention in transition

Pay attention to the players in transition. (This is when the San Antonio infraction occurred.) It is not rest time. In fact, you should NEVER REST. Work hard at both ends of the court. Work hard in transition.

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