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CHAPTER 2

2. BASIC THREE PERSON OFFICIATING (3PO)

2.1 INTRODUCTION

Three Person Officiating (3PO) is a great tool to implement correct IOT principles and to provide more
time to actually process the play analytically (start-middle-end of the play) before making a decision.
The analyses show that correct “no calls” are higher with 3PO than 2PO, and first illegal actions are
called rather than reactions.
The key to successful 3PO is one simple word: trust. You must trust your partners. Only then can you
concentrate on your primary area of coverage, and not have to worry about what is going on in your
partner’s area.

2.2 SYMBOLS USED

SYMBOL EXPLANATION
Trail referee or “T”, in green colour on diagrams.
Lead referee or “L”, in blue colour on diagrams.
Centre referee or “C”, in red colour on diagrams.
The base of the triangle represents the facing direction of the referee.
Previous positions of Trail, Lead and Centre.

Crew Chief (CC), Umpire 1 (U1), Umpire 2 (U2)

Direction of the play

Direction of the Trail (green), Lead (blue) and Centre (red) referee

Referee blowing the whistle

Action Spot - Foul Called

Coverage area

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