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Thank you for all the advice, I had a great opportunity this weekend to work on not following the ball. I was work some Rec sports games and one of the games was a forfeit because the team wasnt at the court on time. They showed about about 10 mins after scheduled game time.
So the two teams decided they would just play for fun for 45 mins since the court was basically thiers for that time. So they asked my partner and I if we would work it just for the heck of it. My partners said sure, so i followed suite. Now the two teams I knew most of the players pretty well from umpiring thier softball games. So i told my partner, when ever i am lead I am going to watch everything but the ball. He said no problem, one of the guys made a smarty comment in that why do you need practice you never watch the ball anyway. HAHA he was a friend of mine and i explained that i was working on my mechanics. I went on to say that if you guys see me cheating and watching the ball say something or make a noise or do something.
Well they were horsing around and playing the game and about 15 mins into thier play, Im lead and obviously watching the ball, and one of these round heads sneaks up behind me from off ball and scares the T total living crap out of me. I only call him a bone head because he made me jump out of my shoes!!! HAHA
Anyway nedless to say I didnt have a problem the rest of that game not watching the ball.
Thank you all for your advice, i will use it wisely....
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