3-man court coverage pic

[RookieDude]

Originally posted by Ron Pilo
RookieDude,
We only have 2 or 3 leagues over here that are interested in haveing 3 person for the regular season.......It's gonna be real hard to get very many folks assigned enough games so that they are comfortable at state. Fortunately myself and many others work 3 person in college, so we do have an some confidence going into the season and post season.

You going to a state tourney this year? I am thinking about B or 2A......haven't been to either of those.......yet.

Ron

Ron,
I absolutely agree! You officials that have been doing 3 person will have a huge advantage over the officials that have done few if any 3 person. I'm just glad most of our leagues want the 3 person so we can try and get comfortable with it during the regular season.

I officiated at the 2A State Tourney in 2002...and the B State Tourney in 2003...sat out 2004..and am ready to go this year if I can. Would like to try my luck at the 4A State Tourney to see if I can hang with you west side guys and gals!

Sidenote:
We have had a few discussions over here about 3 person vs. 2 person officiating.
Some have said that the 3 person crew in H.S. ball can really get screwed up if you have a weak official...more so than that same weak official in 2 person. Thier reasoning is that in 2 person the other official can kind of reach out more and cover the other officials area better than in a 3 person crew.
Some have said the 3 person crew works good in college ball because most of the officials are more experienced at calling the game than say a less experienced official at the H.S. level (Frosh or JV official) thrown into a 3 person Varsity crew.
Thoughts?