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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
That may be but the NBA has been disagreeing with you since 1997. In fact they disagree so much that she's now getting play off games.
As for your original post... usually JV games are officiated by JV officials. They have some learning to do whether men or women. But I cringe whenever I hear an official say he doesn't want to "take over the game". That's what we're there for.
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I disagree.. we are not there to take over a game. Just call it. Most of the experienced officials that have mentored me in my very young career have stressed two things....
1. Dont leave your whistle in your mouth on a jump ball...
2. Have a patient whistle. Wait for what your seeing to unfold before you make the call.
ex. I was calling a game on sat, and b1 comes up to a1 and goes for the ball to force a jump ball. In my mind I anticipated that and called the jump ball. I should have waited the split second cause b1 just after my whitsle rolled up on top of a1 trying to wrestle the ball away. Clearly a foul, but.. I had already called jump ball too early. I called it on contact not pos.
The woman ref that I saw on sat night doing the jv game was making the same impatient calls, but she was consistently doing it.