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Originally Posted by dan74
One partner I had at halftime, yes, the same one who gave me the glowing introductions, provided me input on a couple of my calls in the first half. I never could understand how he, as the trail (two person), had such good looks at plays in my primary-near the baseline-with a bunch of players in the paint. My guess is to him I was interrupting flow by making incorrect calls; however, to me, I called what I saw.
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Nod and smile, say "uh huh," a couple of times, and go home knowing you did your best. There are maybe going to be three or four calls a game that he sees you make where he has a good angle on the call as well. These aren't among them. As you officiate longer, you'll get a better feel for what to call; but you need to start by calling them when you see them.
Until you get an observer who is there just to watch you officiate... Then you can listen to his/her advice on whether a specific call made sense.