Wheel of Fortune or Wheel of Death?

[Andy]

This is NFHS only....that's all I do.

I used the lineup card for several years, never tried the wheel. I got to a point where I was comfortable with it and it worked for me.

About five years ago, I went to my assigned match and discovered that I had neglected to replenish the supply of cards in my bag. I did the match without using the card, it was difficult at first, but as the match went on, I found that I was not having trouble recognizing alignments and keeping track of the servers and setters in my head. From then on, I just stopped using the card.

I know that NFHS requires that the umpire have a lineup card, but our higher-up HS officials here are also College and USAV officials and the usage of the card is unofficially looked down on.

If you like the wheel, continue to use it. If you want to start getting away from it (your decision), keep it during the match, but try not to look at it and trust yourself to keep the stuff in your head.