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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
Woo-hoo!!
Used the wheel again today as R2 and had a much easier time of it. I'm starting to get a little rhythm for how to use it and how to check it.
I even recognized a back row attack, though it was legal because the ball was clearly below the level of the net. (I even practice my "legal" signal, although I probably shouldn't give it as R2.)
Only problem was that it got really complicated in the 5th set when the teams switched sides of the court. Teams were on the wrong side of the wheel, and were rotating the wrong direction. . .
Overall, it was a tremendous help.
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See the wheel is not all bad! Not sure if I put it here but I have two wheels (one given to me by an official that had it 10 years and never used it). When I get to a match I clean the cards from the last match (lazy when its over I throw it in my bag and get home) so I take my big (1" X 1/2") eraser and I go over the whole card getting it clean, both cards. Then I write one team on the right side of card 1 and the left side of card 2, then fill in team 2 on the other sides of the cards. At the captains meeting I take the card that will be right for me that game (team 1 on left side) to meeting, write captains on the their correct side and mark who has first serve (more important than you think more later on that). then when they are warming up I will set the wheel, and write at the top 1st game. This tells me that this card is the one to use for game 1, 3 and 5 if they switch sides. The 2nd card will be correct for the 2,4 and 5 if they don't switch sides.
Now on setting the wheel. My card has numbers in the small pie pieces near the center, these are the server numbers, so the team with first serve gets set with number 1 in the RB spot. Other team is set with number 1 in RF. Now we are ready to to get the game started. During the game it is possible to forget to rotate the wheel, or to over rotate or move the wheel during a long rally(lots of peoples fear in using these cards). Well one thing I have figured out, simply when you think about it, is that if the team with first serve is serving, they should be 1 spot ahead of the other team. Meaning if 1st serve team is serving and their 3rd position (numbers in pie) is serving, then team 2 should have their 2nd position (number in pie) in the RB spot, so that the next time they get the serve their 3rd position player will be serving. Along this line, if the team without first serve is serving then the positon numbers in RB should be the same. So if positon number 4 is serving for the team that did NOT serve first then the other team should also have position 4 in the RB spot. This helps check yourself to ensure you are with the proper rotation. Also if you know setter is front left look down is she on your card?
Knowing where they are is easy if you have the card setup right. if you are R2 and the fold in the card is the net, the on the left court LF is away from you toward the net, LB is away from you away from the net, etc on the right side LF is right next to you toward the net. Don't over think it, just look at the card and think of it being an overhead drawing of where the players are suppose to be.
PS....I would NOT attempt to call a game with the players backwards, team A to my right but on the left of the card...been there done that it sucks!! I have gotten down from the ladder (I am going to use the wheel on the ladder till then quit paying me to officiate because of it) and gotten my other card before when I had grabbed the wrong one.....my mind only stretches so far!!!