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Originally Posted by Splute
Had my second official game last night. 9th grade boys A & B. The second game went into tripple OT. Different partner. He is experienced and very laid back. I had two things to work on from my previous game. 1) Communication with partner- It was great all night. I knew what he called & viceversa. Our mechanics worked well with each other. The games flowed very well. 2) Calling/Reporing- My calling mechanic and reporting was much better and we looked so much more professioanl, thus the fans werent too tough. Only two downers in my mind. 1) I had not called a 3-second vioaltion all game as the players always got out in time or a shot was attempted/rebounded; but in the final OT, visitor player would not come out of paint and had worked into a position under the basket waiting on a pass... I gave him six seconds and called a violation. Didnt go over well since it had not been called all game. 2) visitor throwin in final 2.5 seconds of game. Clock attendent started the clock on the throwin rather than my chop, thus the clock went off just after the player caught the ball. We met, reset, and let the visitor have one last chance. They needed to hit a three to tie. Game Over. Much better games.
Any thoughts on the 3-second issue? should I have let it go? It was a one point game at that point, although i didnt know it at the time.
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Good awareness that you caught the clock error, most new officials would have let that go. regarding three seconds, don't make that you're favorite call as you obviously didn't but you went and got it when it was glaringly apparent.
Sounds like you did a great job. I wish I had been as smooth my second game.