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Originally posted by bigwes68
I work intramurals at Tennessee. Had girls' game last night between two of the best teams in the league (one team had two former D-1 players). I get stuck with a guy that is working his first-ever game, and he has absolutely no clue what he is doing. Throws up a hand on every shot attempt, throws up two hands on every 3-point attempted (not made, attempted). Since we don't ever have time for a pre-game and we usually don't know who our partners are until about 5 minutes before game time, the first half could have been a disaster. Luckily, the game was a blowout and not very physical. But I pulled him over to the side at the half and tried to give him some pointers, including free-throw administration and primary coverage areas, and he just looked at me like I was an idiot. I don't think he called a foul the whole game, and I was stuck calling a lot of stuff in his primary, even though I like to let my partner handle stuff like that. But this kid wouldn't even blow his whistle when the ball went out of bounds. How do you deal with someone like that when you aren't really in a position to say anything?
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I can tell you how the "big guns" dealt with me when I was that bad ( a few weeks ago?!?) The first thing you do is ask, in effect, "What do you want to get out of reffing?" If he's serious about getting into it, you start with the most basic, basics, such as not putting up two arms on a 3-point attempt. Three or four of those per game. So you've got only one game with him, you give three or four suggestions at half-time. But the most important step is the next one -- after the game point out ANY thing that was better in the second half. Then suggest that he ask his partners specifically for suggestions each game. That's if he wants to get better and keep working. If he's just in it for the exercise and doesn't care much about his own quality of work, then he's just another problem partner that you've got to deal with the best you can.