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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by refTN
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by refTN
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1) Breathe guys.
2)If he does, this is where the foul has to be what my teachers refer to as a "HIGH CERTAINTY" call meaning that you have to have no doubt in your mind that this was an illegal screen and this player gained an advantage from it.
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1) Breathe guys? Breathe guys? Lah me!
2) A "HIGH CERTAINTY" call? Every call we make out there had better damn well be a "HIGH CERTAINTY" call. Fouls, violations, out-of-bounds-- don't matter. We aren't supposed to blow the whistle unless we're certain about why we're blowing it. No guessing allowed.
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Jurrassic I know you know this. You are just trying to be hard on me because I am young. "High Certainty" is terminology in officiating. You have CERTAINTY, HIGH CERTAINTY, 50/50 CALLS, FOOL THE REFEREE, RSBQ, and things of that sort.
I never suggested guessing, but you have to be more certain of a call at the end of a close game, than you do 3 minutes into the game.
Have you been certain every time you blew the whistle when it went OOB on your line?
Just asking the question and would like to hear the response?
Do you think a trip, elbow flick, or eye poke could be an educated guess call? Have you ever called either of the three without knowing with "High Certainty" that it happened? [/B]
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Tn, I could care less about your age. I do care that you're using terminology that I don't think you really fully understand yet at your current level of experience. I also care if you hand out advice to other opfficials that I think is clearly wrong.
Coupla points.....feel free to ignore them....
1) You shouldn't be making
any call out there unless you are absolutely certain of it. End of story. Any doubt, swallow the whistle. If I'm not certain about an OOB call on my line, then I'm going to my partner(s) to see if they can help-
before I make the call.
2) Any type of foul call- trip, elbow flick, eye poke- is
NEVER an educated guess. If you don't know for sure, then let it go. NEVER GUESS!!
3) It doesn't matter when a foul occurs- at the beginning or at the end of a game. You shouldn't be calling a foul anytime unless you are certain it actually
is a foul. [/B][/QUOTE]
Ok I just wanted to see your outlook on this. I have experienced alot of these situations, believe it or not. Most all the thoughts that come from my head to these posts were taught and drilled into my brain. I believe I do understand the terminology that I use.
I do this for a living. I have no other job or anything. All I do on days that I am not reffing is reading NCAA and NFHS rulebooks, terminology, tapes, and this forum. Thanks to you guys I have been able to throw out some misconceptions and you guys even got me doubting my mentor sometimes, but that is what I love about this forum. You guys are great even though you never agree with me and say it is because of my "lack of experience" and that is ok because I understand you have to be around a while before you gain acceptance. I can live with that.
I do hope that before my 1000th post that me and someone on this post agree with something that I have said. Maybe I will have my 7th year in by then and can have some kind of experience.
Like I said, what I wrote earlier and what I write in the future is all teaching. I don't believe in learning by yourself and on your own when it comes to officiating. You have to have great teachers, instructors, mentors to do well and be good at this profession. I personally feel I have those.