[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Whenever needed, and a lot more than some. Love to get on the same page as much as possible.
Unfortunately, the "standard practice" in this area is to arrive sometime within 5 minutes of tip at all scrimmages and JV games. Ugh...

I appreciate all the posts on this subject. I love the opportunity to help younger/new officials, and definitely did all I could last night to ask lots of questions. The new official I was working with wants to do well, learn, and I think has the potential to be very good, so I'm hopeful he'll keep working at it, and I offered to help all I could.

I'm kinda caught in that middle ground right now - I'm still young/new enough that I've got to be more careful than some in offering unsolicited advice, but experienced enough that I think I can really help. I'm also having to "prove" myself to the folks around here since I'm new, so it's an added challenge.

All-in-all, I'm loving being back on the court again. I kind of forget how much fun it is during the summer when I'm not doing any officiating. I've got another scrimmage tonight and the same crew is going, so I'll have more of the same - we've got a ride tonight so hopefully we can pregame!

I emailed a Fly Boy ahead of my first game with him last season. Told him I wanted him there a half hour before the game to pre-game and that we would go out to courtside at 15 minutes, do the conference at 12 & then do the book. I was pleasantly surprised when the guy was there and dressed when I got there 40 minutes before tipoff. You never know....