Two-Person "Ball Side Mechanic" ? ? ?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Be careful. We're a predominantly two person state, and we've been using the ball side mechanic for as long as I can remember, but we don't introduce it to rookies (cadets). We don't introduce it to them until they have completed their first year, and only then introduce them to this concept. And we tell rookies (cadets) that they may see it if they observe a varsity game, but not to use it, and to concentrate on the more basic procedures in the two person game.

On the other side of the coin, they taught it to the rookies here and I started using it in my first games. I think both approaches have merit.