Some offiicials will go to their games after dressing at home, work, or in the local telephone booth. Here in Montana, even though snow is usually plowed in around the telephone booths and offer a great deal of privacy, none of the local ones are heated.
I personally like to dress out at the gym. Polishing my shoes and going over a pregame with my partner seem to be a great use of time.
If your a basketball junkie like myself, attend as many local games as possible, and don't already do so, you might want to consider the following tip..
During basketball season, keep a spare set of your uniform (everything that you would need to call a game) in your vehicle.
While it has not happened often in my career, this past week reminded me of why I do it.. Two officials, calling different contests went down for the count. One with a blown out knee and the other after losing color perception and experiencing dizziness with a heart rate at more than twice the normal frequency and half the normal amplitude (even after two hours in the emergency room at the local hospital) until some good drugs were shot into his IV.
It could allow you to earn a few extra $$bucks$$ or spare a fellow official running free-throw line extended to free-throw line extend by himself.
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Chuck Lewis
Ronan, MT
Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he could be gone every weekend.
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