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me too
I have also been thinking about the DQ mechanics, I posted the question on the other thread. I am going to try a couple of things to make it as seamless as possible. I think an important key will be game awareness when we start seeing three or four fouls on the scoreboard and being prepared plus the pre game. I must admit there have been some times when as the non calling official I have gone to the table and had my partner leave because of an intense game with a lot of emotion. I feel that it has saved some T's as a result, who knows. I have even on rare occasion switched on a violation in the same kind of a game to give the coach a chance to cool down and get my patner away, right or wrong the very few times I have done it has been a huge help and kept the flow in the game.
You mention goals, mine are to:
1)mechanics, mechanics, mechanics!!!!
2)perfect my shot clock understanding (we use it with girls high school here)
3)bounce back- I say that becasue I went to a camp, summer before last, where everythig that could go wrong did. It was my third camp and I had been working very hard. In the first two I got high marks and was very excited about working towards varsity,etc. But in the last one,really got ripped on, told at one time to never quit my day job, got on the wrong side of one trainer somehow I guess, but every comment to me was extremely negative. I was surprised at how it affected me as I am almost always pretty thick skinned(even in the other camps whrere they got on us pretty good) but felt like (and I hate to admit but still do) I have lost my confidence after that last one. Did not ref last season because of that and returning to college (even an old man can learn) but will try it again this year.
So sorry for long post but I am enjoying and learning a lot from this board.
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Ron
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