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Originally posted by mcrowder
PPS - I think (THINK!) I'll have no problems with coach-ref interactions, as I know most of the guys from refereeing their teams in football or baseball/softball --- and they know what lines not to cross (I hope).
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You should be a leg or two up on most people just starting. Officiating a basketball game is another animal then those sports you work. It is one thing in football to have a coach complain about a play, but in basketball you have very little time to explain yourself. In baseball/softball they will complain when a close play happens. In basketball they will complain every time up the floor and several times in the same possession. It will take you some time to figure out what exactly they are screaming about, but they usually will be screaming a great deal of the time. Especially at they lower levels.
Also there are more myths in the game of basketball than the other sports. At least many more myths then you will hear in one setting. You will hear most of them in one game (reach, over the back, moving screen, his feet must be set to take a charge). That aspect of the game just takes a lot of time to master and you still will have to make adjustments.
Peace