I had something similar happen in my first scrimmage this season - thank God it was a scrimmage. I have reffed for 10 years but just started up again after a 5 year hiatus, so this scrimmage was my first time on the court in 5 years. I felt really good and remembered all my mechanics pretty well for being rusty. Situation was a fast break, I'm the lead running hard to keep up with the play. As the shooter was just going airborn, a defender slides in underneath him and *crash* - easy blocking call. I look down at the player on the floor who was on his butt. I figured this must be the guy who committed the blocking foul. I report the guy to the table (luckily no one was paying any attention because it was a scrimmage - we were just going through our motions for our own good) and lo and behold the guy I just called the foul on steps up to the free-throw line. I called the foul on the poor guy who got fouled. If it was a real game I would have been in quite the bind at that point. Because it happened to me at all means I am ultra-aware of it and will definitely be on top of the fouler from here on out. We learn from our mistakes.
And it feels good to be on the court again. I'm glad I found this discussion forum.
[Edited by Smitty on Dec 1st, 2003 at 03:59 PM]
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