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Kelvin --
It's very good advice. The problem was that at this camp I was changing from 2-person mechanics to 3- person. And then the last 20 games I have done have been Jr Hi or spring JV which is just JH kids who hope to move up next fall. From this to AAAA boys' varsity. So, big change in mechanics, big change in officiating. LOTS to keep track of all at once. Like I said (and Rocky road said it too, so it must be true!), by the end of Sunday, I had improved a lot.
One thing I did which is sort of what you were advising, I went into the gym early on Sunday, when the teams were just warming up, and I stood in Lead position and practiced walking back and forth. The guys thought I was nuts at first, but when they asked me what I was doing, I said, "Well, what are YOU doing?" The guy says, "Uh... warming up?..." I said, "Bingo!" After that, they sort of respected me a little more, I think. It helped me a lot to stand there and figure out which players were in my primary and which weren't. I stood at center and practiced watching them drive to the basket. It really made a difference, I think.
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