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Originally posted by ctpfive
I officiated a dbl header with a varstiy boys and girls to follow. We did have a good solid pregame. I felt good about the game for the most part. There always seems to be a play or call that you wish you would have handled a little differently. I guess this will come with time and experience. Some things are starting to become more and more of a reaction while other things are a little slow to register. Traveling and carrying the ball are two calls that I used to have to think about - but know are becoming automatic for me. On some fouls, I am concentrating pretty hard on LGP and advantage/disadvantage, and my whistle is just a little late on some calls. Which sometimes doesn't go over to well. If I am a little late with the whistle, I usually try to sell it a little harder. I feel pretty confident when protecting the shooter, however, when the shot is released and the shooter has not returned to the floor and then might be bumped - I am still a little unsure of how much I should let go here. I went into last night contest with a few things in mind - work hard to get into postion to see the play so that I can call it and then once that is done move on, instead of over analyzing it, and find the next play. And then I forced myself to watch my primary. I felt like we had two good games. I have another tough match up tonight - varsity boys. End of the season - one team undefeated and the other team on a ten game win streak. I can't wait!
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It sounds like you got things pretty well in hand. Just keep working hard to get better and results will keep coming.
P.S. Experience will never take away those calls that you question yourself about at the end of the game. It is you critiquing yourself and wanting to get all your plays right.