OT: Working Volleyball

[Zoochy]

As a down Official (R2), I keep a piece of paper in my pocket that have the original alignment. On this paper I record subsitution and serves. The 1st time they serve I place a '1' near their number. The 2nd time thru I turn the '1' into a '+'. The 3rd time I circle the plus sign. I cheat and look at this throughout the set. It has helped me in identifying overlapping many times. Maybe someday I will be good enough and won't have to use my cheat sheet.

[Eastshire]

I did VB for about three years. It was by far the most mentally challenging of any sport I've worked. I put it down to the constant decision making as R1. They only thing that comes close is calling balls and strikes in baseball but that's only once every 20-30 seconds.

At any rate, I've never come away from a basketball game any where near as mentally fatigued as I did from an average VB match.