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This is directed to those of you who have attended camps focusing strictly on the two-whistle system.
Without having been to one, my gut feeling is that one would often be better off attending a three-whistle camp. The only big differences between the two systems are the primary areas of coverage and the switches, which are both easy to learn. As JRut wrote earlier, staying in your primary is certainly a huge focus of any 3-whistle camp, and that is something that you can carry over to 2-whistle games. Further, since in 3-whistle you see plays from 50% more angles, you get that much more practice in terms of learning positioning and movement. Granted it's not the same at C as it is at L or T, but in my opinion, it can only help your game to spend time looking at plays from C. If anything, you can learn what kinds of things you can and cannot see from L and T, which may further aid you in acquiring skill at getting good looks from the other two positions.
It also goes without saying that for most officials, the experience in 3-whistle will pay off directly, sooner or later.
So, now that I've popped off about something I've never experienced, what do those of you who have been to a 2-whistle camp think?
jb
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