Which comes first

[bigwhistle]

Having been teaching and critiqueing at camps a majority of the summer so far, the following question entered my mind somewhere between watching bad calls mixed with poor court positioning.

***When teaching fairly young officials (or officials trying to move to a different level) what is more important to be concentrating on first -- mechanics of where to be when and why vs. how to referee a ball game?***

There are merits to both sides of this issue. Being in position to be able to make a call is important. Knowing what to call is also important. Which of these two items is the chicken and which one is the egg?

I intentionally did not bring up teaching the rules. That is not the intent of this discussion, as those will be taught at a later time in the joint seminar on court presence.