I'm a ball watcher.... (somewhat long winded)

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Speaking of training aids/methods. I am a third year JV official working a 2-whistle girls varsity game. My partner, a long time veteran came to me during a break in the action - around the second quarter - and told me I was doing a good job. BUT - he told me I needed to take it to the next level. That I needed to look through the play and see my partner. He said he was going to wave his hand and at the moment I saw the wave that I was to wave back.

Well, a whole new concept visualized before me. I could see my partner looking either on or off ball and on occasion I was able to wave back. (2 of 5 waves). Well, it was a start.

Now I have games in which I get into a zone - one in which I see so much more than before. All started from the "wave".