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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
Obviously, since I wrote it, I disagree.
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If it's so obvious why must you state it? And why must you begin your statement by acknowledging the obviosity (c.f. rainmaker's "intentionality") of what follows? You know what they call people who insist on stating the obvious? Annoying...but maybe calling you annoying makes me annoying too...
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The reason that it is GREAT advice for someone new is that the new guy almost never rotates enough. They're always tentative. You say that they'll wonder if they're being aggressive enough; but I think that most newbies wonder if now is a good time, nope, too late, now, no, ok, no wait, ok, shoot. . . And they get stuck either just standing still or ball watching until they decide to go. So instead of that, just go!!
The whole point of that expression is to make them realize that it's almost always ok to rotate. If you go and the ball swings back, it's ok to just come back. It's better to over-rotate than under-rotate. So rotate aggressively.
New guys/gals usually aren't really comfortable with rotating. So just go! We'll adjust if you have to go back.
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Bullsh1t.
Here's my take: OP has end of season 3 whistle game and comes here for help. You give him standard mid-summer camp bullsh1t answer to look for a reason to rotate. If I'm pregaming a real game (as opposed to a fake summer camp game) with someone who's about to work his first 3 man game I'm telling him to forget about rotating. Too much to deal with during a real game. Don't make the other 2 in the crew have to worry about where you are during the entire game.
You want to experiment during a summer camp? Fine, find a reason to rotate. Run back & forth like a bunny.
End of season game? Don't worry about rotating and just ref the damn game.