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Rotation-Live ball movement whereby the official in the lead position moves to get ball side  \n2. Strong Side—The side of the floor that the \"lead\" and “trail” officials are on  \n3. Weak Side—The side of the floor that the \"center' official is on  \n4. Ball Side-The side of the floor that the ball is on  \n5. Close Down—Movement of the lead official to the near lane line  \n6. Active Rotations—Looking for purposeful reasons to rotate to ensure that officials always have strong side and ball side in \"harmony\"  \n7. Accelerated Pace—Alternate speeds that are required by the lead official to rotate to the new strong-side to meet the needs of the play  \n8. Top Side—Moving high in the center position to the tip of the circle in refereeing in the position with a trail mentality  \n9. Trail Mentality—Officiating in the center position as if you were officiating in the trial position by moving higher towards the tip of the circle and on to the court  \n10. Purposeful movement—Moving a quick step down in the center position towards the endline to get an open angle in these 3 play actions:  \na Quick jump shot.  \nb Quick drive to the basket.  \nc Quick drive to elbow of key (endline and free throw line juncture)  \n11. Switches—Changing positions during a dead ball after a foul is called; calling official reports and (typically) goes tableside, tableside official replaces the calling official  \n12. Primary Coverage—The area of responsibility for each official   \n13. Secondary Coverage—Help you can provide outside of your area of responsibility to assist one of your partners  \n14. Dual Coverage—The areas on the floor where areas of responsibility between officials overlap  \n15. Primary Whistle—First whistle that comes from the official that is responsible for the  \n16. Secondary Whistle—Second whistle in the one, two cadence that is blown after the official with primary responsibility is given a chance to blow  \n17. RSBQ—Rhythm, speed, balance, quickness  \n18. Referee the Defense—Judging the legality of the defensive player on I-on-I situations  \n19. Call the Obvious—Call the fouls that everyone in the gym sees—the ones that even grandma can see from the nosebleed section  \n20. Incidental Contact—Contact that occurs between two or more players that are in  equally favorable/unfavorable positions but a foul has not been committed  \n21. Trust Your Partners—Having faith in your partners to blow the whistle in their primary and not to interfere with their judgments unless there is \"high certainty\" that secondary coverage views require a whistle in noting an obvious infraction/foul  \n22. Good Partnering—Trusting your partner, but knowing when you have to help them out and get afoul they may not be able to see  \n23. Staying in Your Primary—Only making calls in your area of responsibility  \n24. Positioning Adjustments—Moving at your position to create an open angle  \n25. Action Area—Anywhere on the floor where we have a competitive match-up (pick-and roll, eminent attempt to score, double high screen, multiple defenders)  \n26. Certainty Calls—Calls that can be validated by video tape  \n27. High Certainty Calls—Calls made in crucial moments or in secondary coverage areas in a game that are obvious to everyone in the gym (end-of-game situations, etc. )  \n28. Dual Whistles—Whistles from more than one official that come at the same time, for plays that have overlapping areas of responsibility  \n29. Double Whistles—Primary and secondary whistles that occur from different officials seeing separate angles to a play  \n30. High Slot Positioning—Normally no higher than the tip of the circle  \n31. Low Slot Positioning—Normally no lower than the bottom tip of the circle  \n32. Open Angles—When an official is able to see between the match-up and observe the defensive and offensive player  \n33. Closed Angles—When an official is not able to see between the match-up and observe the defensive player (straight-lined)  \n34. Competitive Match-U","cbCaisznD6kM9a9f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisznD6kM9a9f","pdf",32035,"English","# Basic Officiating Terms\n## Rotations and positioning\n## Coverage and whistle management\n## Angles, match-ups, and decision concepts","[{\"question\":\"What do strong side and weak side mean in officiating?\",\"answer\":\"Strong side is the floor side where the lead and trail officials are positioned, while weak side is where the center official is positioned.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between a primary whistle and a secondary whistle?\",\"answer\":\"A primary whistle is the first whistle from the official responsible for the call. 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