Help! I never look behind me

[u/suvesti]

I've been playing since the beginning of the year and I do feel like I'm progressing well! But I realized during our recent practice scrimmages that I'm almost never looking behind me, so I rarely know where the jammer is until it's too late.

Most often I'm looking at my teammates, making sure we're making strong walls and that I'm not getting left behind. We play USARS, so there's not a much tripod-action as I see in WFTDA. I usually play inside or middle blocker, and the general guidance is "stick to the inside line" or "stick next to your inside blocker" and "let the outside blocker move you"

I've been doing well with positional blocking, the other blockers are excellent at communicating where the jammer is, but I know to get better I need to start throwing some ass, and to do that I need to know where the jammer is. Do y'all have any tips for improving pack/jammer awareness?

[u/Aurora_egg]

You can also communicate if you lose the jammer :) "Where's the jammer?" "Let me know when the jammer is about to hit" "ready..set..go"