first 3-man

[BEAREF]

I'll be working my first 3-man crew next Monday....any suggestions on how to prepare myself are welcome.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

I'll be working my first 3-man crew next Monday....any suggestions on how to prepare myself are welcome.

Do you know the Officials Manual ?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

I'll be working my first 3-man crew next Monday....any suggestions on how to prepare myself are welcome.

Bring your shoes, striped shirt, whistle, all that good stuff.

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

I'll be working my first 3-man crew next Monday....any suggestions on how to prepare myself are welcome.

Prepare as much as possible before the game, but come game time, worry about the play in front of you instead of the mechanics of 3-person. Don't get too caught up with the mechanics and forget to officiate.

Mregor

[Scrapper1]

Make sure you know the areas of responsibility and referee your area. When you're the C, work off-ball as hard as you can. Also as the C, hang way back to help with any pressing. As Lead, rotate aggressively. Find a reason to move. Don't leave your C with the ball and a post matchup.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Make sure you know the areas of responsibility and referee your area. When you're the C, work off-ball as hard as you can. Also as the C, hang way back to help with any pressing. As Lead, rotate aggressively. Find a reason to move. Don't leave your C with the ball and a post matchup.

I hate rotating aggressively and finding a reason to go. Hate it !

Hate it !

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by mick

I hate rotating aggressively and finding a reason to go. Hate it !

Hate it !

Me too. "Find a reason to rotate" is mostly camp-speak. If there's a reason to go then go. This is especially bad advice for someone new and gonna spend most of the game wondering whether or not he's rotating 'aggressively' enough and getting his partners confused.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

This is especially bad advice for someone new and gonna spend most of the game wondering whether or not he's rotating 'aggressively' enough and getting his partners confused.

Obviously, since I wrote it, I disagree. The reason that it is GREAT advice for someone new is that the new guy almost never rotates enough. They're always tentative. You say that they'll wonder if they're being aggressive enough; but I think that most newbies wonder if now is a good time, nope, too late, now, no, ok, no wait, ok, shoot. . . And they get stuck either just standing still or ball watching until they decide to go. So instead of that, just go!!

The whole point of that expression is to make them realize that it's almost always ok to rotate. If you go and the ball swings back, it's ok to just come back. It's better to over-rotate than under-rotate. So rotate aggressively.

New guys/gals usually aren't really comfortable with rotating. So just go! We'll adjust if you have to go back.

[IREFU2]

Originally Posted by mick

I hate rotating aggressively and finding a reason to go. Hate it !

Hate it !

Umm, then you should stick to 2-man.

[mick]

Originally Posted by IREFU2

Umm, then you should stick to 2-man.

Thank you for that advice.

[LeRoy]

Like Scrapper1 say's study your area's. Work the game and do not worry too much about the rotation. you all on the court will be the only one's if it get screwed up. Just fix it. as LEAD find your post players for both teams and stay ball side with them. Learn the teams offense. Have a good pre-game. This year we went with to 3 man. It is the only way to work a game.

[AFHusker]

The main problem I had when I first did 3-man was noticing the rotation.

[LeRoy]

Originally Posted by AFHusker

The main problem I had when I first did 3-man was noticing the rotation.

In the camp I went to a super procedure is to take a quick look back to see if another official is behind you.