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Originally posted by ref18
OK with the NCAA season winding up, and March just around the corner I've noticed a few bad habits in my game.
1. I don't put my arm up all the time on an out of bounds.
2. I do the NBA style count and chop with the same arm on a throw in (only sometimes for this one)
3. When not closely guarded I put my arms out.
4. I stopped the preliminary signal when I call a foul, I just verbalize everything with my fist up as I run to the table.
I guess that watching the pros and those at the higher levels can really be a bad influence. Something I see on TV and looks cool might not be appropriate to do at the high school level.
So what other bad habits have you guys developed this year??
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I do #1 maybe once a week, or two. It's usually on an OB where it's plainly obvious who's ball it's going to be and the other team makes no effort to run the ball down before it goes OB.
2. I do this sometimes as well, but usually when I'm bored and need something to occupy my mind. For example, I had a (about) 70-30 blowout Friday night. Got the game done in just over an hour.
3. I've used this before when there are many closely-guarded/non-closely-guarded sitch on the same possession that occur right after each other. My rationale is that it may not be seen that I switched arms otherwise.
4. I'm pretty good at this one, although I don't come to a stop anymore... I do the walk and talk.
5. I was reffing a team in men's league that is made up of.... other refs. Some of my friends are on the team. For laughs one game, I used the NBA loose ball foul mechanic. And same game I got flustered in making a PC call, and ended up using the FIBA PC mechanic.
After the way the T was handed out to the Duke player last night, I think I am doing ok. He gave 3 emphatic T signals
right at the player while staring him down.