[crazy voyager]

good official:

On time, 20 minutes before is minimum, I often arrive before the teams, all to make myself familiar with the court, look at lines, team areas, all kinds of stuff.

Work togheter in the theam: you are two or three officials in a team, talk yourselfs togheter, make sure you can work togheter, and never forget the rest of the folks, ask somebody to pint out the arranger (the one repsonseble for the court) and talk to him about htings you need moved (things to close for the court, audince on the wrong place) and make sure the one who keeps score knows what he's doing.

Knwo the teams: lay the bar after the teams, in a youth match don't blow it to pieces, make sure you know were the teams are in their development and use the wistle accordingly.

Know the rules: never ever show the teams or audince you're unsure, and if you don't know, blow the jump ball, I've done this on occasions when I'm unsure, the teams usually both protest, but if you explain that I have a split second to choose, defending foul or offensve travelling, I've been in this situation (my last game acctually) and blew a jump ball. Both protested and then realised that, "gee I'm lucky I didn't make a turnover or foul" and acceppt it, and also, if you are to do this. Be polite but firm, never alter something like this. Don't begin with a jumpball to insted alter it to a travell. even if you might have figured out it should be a traveling call.


This became a long post so I'll make a summary:
know the rules, court, teams, and know the sport, you have nothing to do on the floor if you don't love this game

and above this you must (offcourse) be physicaly fit, we have to many officials here who can't even run *sighs*