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Originally Posted by ChuckS
I have had a few situations where I started a game alone, and then my partner shows up, it was very disconcerting. I was so into the "solo mode", that it took awhile to adjust - weird!
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Originally Posted by Kansas Ref
... experience of starting with one-man and having officiated the game for 2 quarters alone, and gotten used to it, then your partner shows up and it causes you to have to adjust ...
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It's physically easy to work from free throw line extended to free throw line extended, and mentally easy to not have to worry about primary coverage areas.
Then all of a sudden one has to run from trail to lead, and lead to trail, and also worry about staying in one's primary (and switching after fouls).
It can be a real jolt to one's system. It takes a few minutes to get used to "normal".
I understand why some associations get a 150% game fee for a one-person game (to discourage athletic directors from requesting only one official for non-varsity games to save money), but while mentally challenging, one-person games can be physically easy, they're definitely not 50% physically harder to officiate.