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Originally Posted by MCBear
The easiest way to pick up a double is to focus on the hands of the player when she contacts the ball. Avoid following the ball into the hands - you won't be able to pick up the multiple contacts at all.
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Originally Posted by OmniSpiker
As a ref, your visual acuity is more focused on player (ball handling) rather than ball. You're eyes are beating the ball to player and not following the ball.
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Thank you both for these very practical suggestions. I will start trying to work on this more this week.
I discovered that this is also important when watching the net as R2. I had a hard time determining if the ball or the hands contacted the net. And then last week, out of the blue, I realized that when I picked a spot on the net and just watched that spot, I saw the action much more clearly.
So my mission for this week is to find the hands, and just watch the hands, not the ball. Thanks!