I would venture to say in many areas more high school pre-games are held in the car on the way to the game than are actually held at the game site.
We always try to travel together to do just that.
We get mileage -- the referee usually gets the mileage -- the referee usually drives...
the referee usually asks the
umpire
to lead the discussion....
get all involved, ask : "What will you do ?" ..NOT : "You do this !"
IMHO, a solid pregame accomplishes the following :
(1) YOU ARE A TEAM - KNOWING YOUR DUTIES AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEAMMATES ,STRENGTHENS YOUR TEAM.
(2) DISCUSSING POSSIBLE SITUATIONS WILL READY YOU FOR THOSE SITUATIONS WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
(3) MENTALLY PREPARES YOU TO BE "GAME READY". GET YOUR "GAME FACE" ON, THE PLAYERS AND COACHES HAVE PROBABLY HAD THEIRS ON SINCE LAST PRACTICE.
Sometimes, it may seem boring but just consider the jet pilot and co-pilot. Their checklist is repeated over and over before every takeoff. It's better to cover it and not have it happen then not to cover it and have it happen. I recall one situation where we discussed the holder leaving knee to retrieve a bad snap to stay alive, while if he leaves his knee to retrieve a muff and returns to his knee the ball becomes dead. Early in the game the holder's muff took him off his knee and upon return I killed it. It was fresh in my mind after our discussion, but I fear if it wasn't, the bell wouldn't have rang in my head until later. I've been a strong proponent of the pregame ever since.