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Originally Posted by Simply The Best
I am amazed that the pregames mentioned by many include many basic mechanics and long standing rules and few new rules and new mechanics.
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Especially when working with new partners, I think it makes perfect sense to go over coverage. You probably don't have to cover the super simple things like "R1 any outs, PU has R1 into 3rd" in two man, but you'll probably want to mention R1-R2 less than two outs in order to get hand signals down and make sure you're on the same page.
Last weekend I had a series with two new partners, and it was my first 3-man game of the year. We were all there over an hour early for the first game, but I'd say we put together a good 30 minutes of pre-game talk (coverage, responsibilities, tendencies, typical ground rules, 20/90 second clock talk, etc). On top of that, we discussed tendencies of the coaches since both partners are experienced in that conference. Additionally, we talked about one of the teams being notorious for sticking elbows into pitches, and that actually paid off.