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Originally Posted by Rich
My first 3-person experience was in a high-profile Christmas tournament in 1995. I remember it mainly because I had to grab my grizzled vet R from going in the stands after some yahoo. Can't even remember the weird mid-90s mechanics we worked at the time.
Around here, I'd say "it depends." At some of the bigger schools / conferences, the JV games are better than small school varsity games and would be, IMO, a horrible place to break in a newbie.
A small school girls JV game? Perfect place -- little pace, plenty of time to be able to focus on mechanics, coverages, etc.
You don't get good at 3-person working only scrimmages and camps, but it's probably best to include quite a bit of that in your plan.
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In your opinion, what is the idea way for an official to learn and get comfortable working three-man? Did you do any scrimmages or camps before your first three-man game experience? Your story may have a happy ending and the OP's may too, but what about all of the train wrecks that may have occurred in between?
You are an experienced Accountant, but new to a fortune 500 company. You are well-versed in accounting, but not in your new company's standards and are asked to participate in a meeting. Would you feel prepared to speak for the company?
You are a Mail carrier on the east side of town and have had your route for 5 years. You come in one morning and are told you need to do a route on the west side of town and your performance should remain the same. You ask what the route is and are told to just go out and deliver the mail. You know how to deliver the mail to houses, but don't know the route. Is that fair to the person waiting at the door for their check to come in the mail?
There may be 1,000 stories of throwing someone in the fire for their first three-man game, but that doesn't make it right and should not be the norm.
From the information provided, I think personal desires may be trumping our responsibility to provide the best product we can.