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Originally posted by jayedgarwho
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"Your friend was getting a good workout but I bet he didnt see much."[/B][/QUOTE]
Not my friend -- never said a word to him other than "Great hustle -- when's your partner coming?" And I'm not sure why he wouldn't have a better view of the "far side" of the court doing it his way as opposed to yours -- but the point in both cases is that you're taking pride in what you do, you're hustling and not coasting, just as we tell the kids to do.
[/B][/QUOTE] "But switching or not switching on fouls has nothing to do with your position to make good calls." [/B][/QUOTE]
Agreed. Except that both have to do with effort. And officials who make the effort to do one but not the other are very uncommon, as far as I can tell.
[/B][/QUOTE] "6th grade aau is known by another name: stealing money." [/B][/QUOTE]
I don't follow. The games are too easy to call? The officials aren't good enough to be paid? Your use of the phrase "your friend" suggests the latter, but I'm honestly unsure what you mean.
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There could be a couple of takes on this....
Depending on the speed of the players, he may be running so much he can never square up to the play to get a good look. Your worst view of a play is a view in motion. Your eyes function a lot better when not bouncing up and down several times per second. He might get a better angle on a play or two but will miss the stuff in transition. If he's that much faster than the players and getting baseline to baseline before the players get down the floor, he might have a good look but it's overkill if they're running that slow.
I'm not out there to impress anyone by beating the kids down the floor from baseline to baseline. It may even begin to appear that you're trying to draw attention to your self by doing so.
All that said, I do sometimes go baseline to baseline in a 1 ref game....not as a rule but as the play dictates.
Re: stealing money....many 6th grade games are done by 1 ref around here because that is more than is needed in most cases. They're usually young enough to not have problem attitudes. They're usually slow enough to not be exhausting. Even if they can run fast, they often can't run fast while they're dribbling, passing, or playing defense.
In other words, those games are pretty easy unless the official chooses to make them hard.