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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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.
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Everything you talked about has an easy explanation. It is called JUDGMENT. I agree that you should not guess, but there are many times over a game, a season, a career where you might not be completely sure, but you make a call anyway. I agree that it sounds great to never guess, but a game might dictate that you make a call you are not 100% sure about. Even in 3 Person there are plays where we do not see every little situation on the court clearly. Sometimes the actions of the players help us make a call (I am not talking about after the call). It is our judgment to know when it is appropriate to make a call or not. There are officials that see the same action and make different calls based on their judgment.
Peace