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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
I recently saw a YouTube coaching video explaining some common defensive strategies and positioning (perimeter, man up, middle-middle). Do you find it helpful as an official to be able to recognize the type of defense that a team is playing? I have put zero effort into learning this. Should I?
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No. It's useful to think like a coach sometimes, but to this level, not necessary. Learn their serve receive patters, and at higher levels, who is hitting out of the back row (especially when running a bick when you don't have much time to know who is where).