how can you justify calling the game differently in the last three minutes, then in the previous twenty five minutes?(seven minute quarters)?
Good question..and I don't have a real good answer. I hope that my partner and I would have realized long before that point that it needed to be tightened. The more I ref, the more that I find that getting together at the end of each quarter w/ my partner(s) is beneficial. We discuss if we both feel like the game is going well or if there is something we need to adjust.
The only time I could justify calling the last three minutes differently is in a blow-out, when one team is starting to committ frustration fouls. Then my whistle will get
real quick.
IMHO, the mere fact that you are thinking about this type of stuff in your second year is a real good sign.
Z