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Originally Posted by just another ref

Red = what you have called before

Blue = what you will have to call in the future

The two things do not relate to each other, yet the presence of the first thing affects the possibility of whether to call the second thing. You're right about one thing. I don't get this......at all.

They always relate to each other. Every thing we call/don't call affects what we do next. All the plays and situations that happen go together to form the game. What we do or don't do affects that game. That's why you need to know what you have called previously. Without that information you can't do your entire job correctly. But I understand if this makes no sense to you. If you haven't been taught it or never seen it in action then you wouldn't understand the meaning behind the process. So as JRut say, go to camp and see what the people are teaching. I'm not saying that you need to do this in your games. What I am saying is that you need to do them if you want to move up and do a higher level than you are currently at. And the best part is that it will even help you at the level you are at.