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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1720151, member: 2350"]
Sorry, didn't see this until today. There's a lot more going on with "the third team on the floor" than most realize. :)

In both two-man and  three-man. they change after every foul called. In two-man, they simply switch ends. In three-man, the ref who called the foul always goes to "away," which means away from the scorer's table. Most often it's to middle or trail.

In two-man, lead usually makes more calls because he's closer to the basket. So when lead gets a foul call, he moves to the scorer's table to record it, and then stays at trail. While he's doing this, his partner moves to lead to administer the throw-in or the free-throws.

In two-man there are six sections on the floor. Lead's primary zone is the lane, and the section below the lane all the way to the sideline to which he's closest. Trail has the third section below the foul line, and all three above it.

Slide 12 below will show you the primary zones in three man. (the IAABO document refers to C or "center" what we call "middle").

During the course of play, when the ball moves from one side of the floor to the other, lead mirrors the ball, and middle and trail switch, albeit on opposite sides of the floor. But not always right away. Often times the ball comes right back and you don't want to "chase" it. So middle and trail key off lead's movement.

[URL]http://iaaboboard193.com/pdf/2010-11ThreePersonMechanics.pdf[/URL]
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