Pregame: Ditto?

[just another ref]

If you are familiar with the teams you have that night you can discuss areas which may require special attention.

[JRutledge]

I would still reiterate what is important and the basics. Then talk about the teams or situations you could have done better or that maybe you missed in the previous games. I doubt you had perfect games so you can think of something you could have done better.

Peace

[Moosie74]

I've worked with the same partner 5 games this season, we just go over anything we've seen while working together, what we want to work on in this game and if we have any information about the teams.

[stiffler3492]

Where you're going for cold ones afterwards (maybe not after the morning games, but hey it's five o clock somewhere, right?)

But yeah, as others have said, any information about the teams, any issues that have come up in the past, maybe a strange play that happened to you, (not necessarily while working with that partner).

I always used to ask that question about strange plays, and 9 times out of 10 it sparked a response and a good discussion.

[jTheUmp]

Discuss any strange plays/situations from previous games (especially ones you worked with different partners). If you don't have any, maybe use a situation or two from threads on this message board (I've done that several times in the past).

Anything from your last game(s) with that partner that you guys did poorly (or well).

[26 Year Gap]

What you should do in case the timer blows the horn during a FT attempt.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I would still reiterate what is important and the basics. Then talk about the teams or situations you could have done better or that maybe you missed in the previous games. I doubt you had perfect games so you can think of something you could have done better.

Peace

+1
Our regular crew's pregame in late February is the same as it was in late November. Reiterating all the items on our pregame list gives us the opportunity to confirm that we are giving due attention to the "routine" things we otherwise might take for granted and get lazy about. Plus, we sometimes have a fill-in third official, and the routine of a complete, consistent pregame agenda helps get all of us on the same wavelength for that game.
I've been the fill-in on crews before, where the other two just say, "We don't need to do a pregame anymore...we work together all the time." That doesn't do much for the third guy. Plus, those are the crews whose casualness about pregame shows when they get out of the floor. Habits set in which didn't have a chance to get curbed due to same guys working together all the time without opportunity for self-checking.
For two-person crews, it's the same.

[Sharpshooternes]

Originally Posted by Freddy

+1
Our regular crew's pregame in late February is the same as it was in late November. Reiterating all the items on our pregame list gives us the opportunity to confirm that we are giving due attention to the "routine" things we otherwise might take for granted and get lazy about. Plus, we sometimes have a fill-in third official, and the routine of a complete, consistent pregame agenda helps get all of us on the same wavelength for that game.
I've been the fill-in on crews before, where the other two just say, "We don't need to do a pregame anymore...we work together all the time." That doesn't do much for the third guy. Plus, those are the crews whose casualness about pregame shows when they get out of the floor. Habits set in which didn't have a chance to get curbed due to same guys working together all the time without opportunity for self-checking.
For two-person crews, it's the same.

How long do you spend actually on pregame stuff? I have found 15 minutes is maybe, just barely enough time, especially with new partners.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

How long do you spend actually on pregame stuff? I have found 15 minutes is maybe, just barely enough time, especially with new partners.

15-20 minutes
Maybe more if with a partner new to the crew
Fortunate here because any new partner would already be quite familiar with the items to be covered--we aren't starting from "square one" on every little thing
Not every agenda item on the pregame necessitates discussion, only a reminder and confirmation from all on the crew
If we, due to familiarity with each other, give it the "short shrift", that gives a bad example to the JV officials sitting in