STOP BALL WATCHING! | Don't Miss Rotations as Trail | Got 5 Minutes?

3 Person Mechanics. Cues as the Trail to help you be in the right position at the right time.
An official asked me how they could avoid missing rotations as Trail. Trail action in 3-person mechanics.
Many officials, especially those who also do 2-person mechanics find themselves as Trail watching the ball in the Center's primary and missing rotations as a result. Let's look at some of the cues we can give ourselves to prevent this.
When the ball goes away from the Trail and into the Center's primary, as trail we need to look away, officiate away and move our body away. We don't want to see the ball caught in the center's primary. We should be officiating away while the ball is in flight. Take a step down and officiate players off ball in your primary. Trail will have an excellent look at what the Lead is going to do when the ball settles in the center's primary. We certainly expect a rotation and are ready for it. Then we can react accordingly when the Lead rotates the Trail has a clearer view of them because their officiating off ball they see what's going on they have a direct look at the Lead because they did not follow the ball into the Center's primary.
When this occurs the Lead initiates a rotation the Trail is connected to the Lea. The trail and the lead are tied together they move together the center maintains their position and keeps the open look. Look at our position as a crew we have the two center position. Perfect.
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Fortunately by viewing game video we can see situations and learn from what others do/don't do.
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