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Originally posted by gazou
You know, the kind of game where everything goes wrong and you, as a referee, look bad and worst, feel bad.
The kind of game where you keep rethinking, two or three days after the game, about those calls you should have made and did not make.
The kind of game that wants to make you quit refereeing.
Well, I got one of those.
The worst of it is that we both (the 2 referees) missed a girl kicking intentionnally another girl while being both tangled with the ball for a jumb ball (or possession arrow).The spectators saw it, another referee in the stands saw it, but we still both missed it. Therefore, we could not expel anyone.
Anyone of you live a similar situation? How do you cope with it? How do you motivate yourself to continue being a basketball referee?
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Your computer doesn't have room for me to offer you comfort by describing all the bad games, bad call, poorly handled situations in my murky past. And yet, I got a very nice varsity schedule in my fifth year (that may sound like a long time to some folks, but for me it was a miracle!), and I'm starting to seriously look at the possibility of actually getting some college games in the future sometime. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone! The secret is to stick to it, and keep learning. The day you say to yourself, "Huh, I don't care what anyone says, I'm going to do it my way." that's the day your career is over, and you become a hack.
Having said that, however, I'll tell you my worst missed-flagrant-foul story. I was at a boys' team camp and working 6 or 7 games a day. Can you spell exhausted? Last day, working the 7th place game or some such. I was trail. Ball was inbounded to A1 who started slowly dribbling up the court while the thrower-in raced up to get into their offensive set. B1 is closely guarding the ball, and fakes one way, turns the other, and suddenly grabs the ball and steps back to his own basket for an easy 2. Meanwhile A1 crumples to the ground, moaning in pain. What I hadn't noticed, although I thought I had a great angle, was that B1 had gotten him good right in the onions. I didn't see it, so no ejection, not even a common foul, nothing. Try explaining that to A's coach!