John Holt Camp

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

One thing that will lessen the required number from "hundreds", is to be fully conscious of and utilize your "peripheral" vision. While working 3 man, focusing on your primary, make sure you can see both partners in your peripheral vision. This also helps you to keep the desired "wide triangle" and you will see your partners moving and triggering the rotations.

What I mean by "hundreds of times" is the fact that knowing when and when not to rotate is more of an issue than what you see in your peripheral vision. It really takes that time when you are so used to working 2 Person on a regular basis because you tend to think of when not to move rather than when to move. It takes those hundreds of times to get a complete feel for what you are really supposed to do. And when you work with different people often, that feel takes even more time because all officials might not be able to recognize the rotation you are making which can stunt your understanding of the mechanics as well. Of course it is not rocket science, but it is something you have to work at and experience over and over again. Even last year I was still learning about more and more things about rotations and I have been working 50+ 3 Person games a year for over 10 years.

Peace

[RCBSports]

I think the best thing why I learned and picked up on this so quickly is because I really haven't had too much involvement in three man. Before the game, I had about an hour to kill, so what I did was asked on of the observers that I really haven't been exposed to 3 man and I needed to learn and quick. So he pulled out a diagram and showed what all I need to watch at each position, when to rotate, predict (such as if its a reverse coming back).

I do though, write down everything they told me to work on and mark out the ones that I have accomplished. I did that from the very beginning. Since then, i have been taking one item from the list and work on it each game. So I am working on my VERY long list but I too have a lot marked out as well.

Thanks

-Lucas