Speaking of first T's, my initial one was pretty funny. I had worked a season of JH ball and got into a kids tournament ran by a very good assignor that trains officials for his IM program and then eventually sends the better ones out to do HS games. I had known most of the officials through friends for a while. During the games officials that weren't working would run the clock and stand around and BS during other games. I had about 5 officials at the table. A coach is mad about a foul call, grabs his chair with two hands and jumps, slamming himself and his chair on the ground. I calmly hit my whistle, stuck my fist in the air and called my first T. I was trying to be as professional as possible, but then all 5 officials at the table gave me a standing ovation. Pretty hard not to crack up.
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